Campaigners Call On Council To Block Windfarm Plans

Planning officials are urging Highland Councillors not to object to the expansion of a wind farm in the hills above Loch Ness - despite the energy company behind it already receiving £2.8 million this year in constraint payments.

Published 23rd Dec 2014

Planning officials are urging Highland Councillors not to object to the expansion of a wind farm in the hills above Loch Ness - despite the energy company behind it already receiving £2.8 million this year in constraint payments. Falck Renewables Wind Limited has been paid not to generate power on 77 separate occasions this year. Anti-windfarm campaigner Stuart Young says the proposal needs to be rejected: