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Scottish Government ministers don t care about us, says campaigner as new map shows extent of Caithness wind farms By Alan Hendry Published: 07:20, 12 February 2021
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The Caithness section of Highland Council s wind turbine map, updated in January. The dots represent individual turbines and the colour coding for wind farms indicates refused (pink), withdrawn (yellow), in planning (purple), approved (green), constructed (blue) and under construction (green), while grey areas mean scoping/screening.
The spread of wind farms across Caithness shows that Scottish Government ministers don t care about local people, a campaigner has claimed.
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A Caithness councillor has claimed that residents in the Reay area are being subjected to corporate bullying over the scale of wind farms planned for the surrounding area. Councillor Matthew Reiss said villagers fear being almost encircled by turbines and he accused renewable energy companies of utter insensitivity to the wishes of local people .
A Caithness councillor has claimed that residents in the Reay area are being subjected to corporate bullying over the scale of wind farms planned for the surrounding area.
Councillor Matthew Reiss said villagers fear being almost encircled by turbines and he accused renewable energy companies of utter insensitivity to the wishes of local people .