Dave Windle
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has announced plans to build 17 giant turbines on the Hill of Fare. The proposed turbines are taller than anything presently constructed on land and many people think that they are simply too high. The pictures show what the windfarm will look like.
Right now, the project is out for public consultation and no formal planning application has been submitted. This is expected shortly [submitted Autumn 2023 with closing date for comment 12 January 2024]. You can get further information from the developer's website at Hill of Fare Wind Farm.
Local objectors are being led by the Hill of Fare Windfarm Information Group.
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Likely view from Kerloch, Banchory in shadow |
NEMT's position is that we need more windfarms to achieve net zero but they need to be in the right place. We suggest that turbines that are visible from Aberdeen, Moray and Angus are unacceptable. In addition to the unacceptable landscape impact, construction of such large structures will require multiple tracks, hard standing and miscellaneous buildings, industrialising an area largely left for nature. It is widely agreed that in addition to the climate change emergency, we are facing a catastrophic loss of biodiversity. The proposed wind farm will accelerate that loss.
NEMT will be objecting to this proposal and encourages you to make up your own mind.
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