Scotland’s ‘forest’ of wind farms

Nearly 600 square kilometres of Scotland – an area bigger than North Lanarkshire – will have to be covered with wind farms to meet renewable energy targets, it was claimed yesterday.

Environmental groups, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the John Muir Trust and WWF Scotland, have all expressed concern at the emphasis on onshore wind energy at the expense of other sources, such as wave, tidal and micro-renewables.

Anti-wind farm campaigners say it would result in the destruction of the Scottish countryside if such a large area were given over to wind farms.

Scotsman