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Article: Wind farms could cover same area as National Park

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June 17, 2009
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AN AREA of Scotland the size of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park will be covered in turbines if all wind farms in the pipeline are given the go ahead, figures seen by The Scotsman reveal.

A report drawn up by Scottish Natural Heritage shows 194,459 hectares of land in Scotland could be covered by wind farms.

This includes the space taken up by wind farms that have already been built, those that have planning permission, and those that are still going through the consents process.

Proponents of wind farms argue they are essential to meet challenging climate change targets. However, the figures have raised concern among campaign groups worried about the amount of wild land being ...

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