Wind farm rejection growth fears
Economic growth will be jeopardised if plans for a massive wind farm on the Western Isles are rejected, the Scottish Chamber of Commerce has said.
The construction of 181 turbines on The Scottish Isle of Lewis is at stake.
Chief executive Liz Cameron is to meet Enterprise Minister Jim Mather to voice concerns that the Scottish Government is minded to refuse Lewis Wind Power.
She said there had been “over-zealous” interpretation of European designations designed to protect the environment.
But there has also been division amongst Islanders, with some offered ‘rent’ and others excluded.
It is reminiscent of our own recent difficulties. Many people are in favour of wind farms, and against putting one in Wellow because they are so intrusive, visually and audibly. And there are debates about how much electricity they really generate, given their manufacture costs and repair/replacement cycles.
Meanwhile, the United States, Spain and China are leading the way. These countries had the biggest annual increases in new wind power installations last year, the Global Energy Council (GEC) said. [more]
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June 28th, 2008 at 8:10 am
What are you thinking? Lewis is a small island suspended in time. Have you no scrupples? While we are at it, why not build a few hundred condos, after all it’s untouched beach and ocean property.
What has happened to our sense of sensibility? What makes us humans think that it’s ok to invade and destroy sensitive and delicate eco-systems. Everytime we build yet another monster ’something’ we displace nature. Leave the damn Island alone! And perhaps we will be able to hold onto at least one spot on the planet that hasn’t been raped by $$$$’s. Put the windmills somewhere where they will not displace any living creature. Our sustainability depends on being much more aware of what we are doing to our very own longevity on this planet. Short term quick fixes will not sustain us into the generations to come, in fact, we will extinct ourselves rapidly just the way we are going right now. We mess with nature, we mess with our own survival as a specie. Hey! But who cares???? A small group of global citizens? It’s not good enough.