Wind Farm 'Strategy' Blasted; Green Groups Fear Executive's Lack of Planning Will Undermine the Future of Renewable Energy

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Ministers have been warned that their much-lauded ambition to make Scotland a leading provider of clean, renewable energy is faltering because they have failed to properly plan for a massive increase in wind farms.

The Scottish Executive's conservation agency, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), says ministers' target of producing 40% of electricity from renewables by 2020 could be jeopardised by a "public backlash" against wind power. Opposition to some of the 363 new wind farms now being proposed across the country will cause conflicts and delays, it warns.

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Wind Farm 'Strategy' Blasted; Green Groups Fear Executive's Lack of Planning Will Undermine the Future of Renewable Energy

At the same time, plans for a new high-profile campaign against unsightly wind farms are being drawn up by the group that represents Scotland's walkers, the Ramblers' Association Scotland. It now regards the spread of large turbines as "the biggest...

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