Unfortunately thanks to the huge subsidy inflated commercial opportunities offered to wind farm speculators, land owners and developers, the inappropriate development at Middle Hill is not an isolated case. To find out more about the folly of onshore wind farms, please take a look at some other useful websites listed below:
Windbyte
Wind Farm tracking the in the North East England & South East Scotland
Provides information on the numbers and locations of wind power proposals in the North East of England and South East Scotland. Includes information on groups campaigning, and both local and national news.
Middleton Burn Action Group
Another action group fighting Air Farmers Ltd with yet another speculative wind farm development near Belford.
Government E-Petition Against wind Farms
Takes two minutes to complete and helps add your weight behind the fight.
Windgates Not Wind Farms
Local campaign group with much information
The Renewable Rape of Scotland
Hard-hitting and fact-filled speach by Struan Stevenson, Scottish MEP. Scotland suffered the effects of speculative developers earlier than us in England and we should learn from their mistakes. After all, "The man who does not know history, is doomed to repeat it".
Renewable Energy Foundation
REF is part of a growing national consensus that the United Kingdom's energy policy is unbalanced, and that the drive for renewable energy generation has been inadequately planned.
Council and planning, Northumberland County Council Planning and policy
Northumberland National Park
Northumberland and Newcastle Society
Founded in 1924, the Northumberland and Newcastle Society works to protect valuable buildings and landscapes and to enhance the quality of life in both urban and rural areas.
RenewableUK
RenewableUK is the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries.
Very good for accurate maps highlighting wind farm proposals, sites under construction & operational sites http://www.bwea.com/ukwed/index.asp
DEFRA – Noise and Nuisance information
Natural England
Investigating the impacts of windfarm development on peatlands in England
Campaign to Protect Rural England
Highlights issues affecting the countryside
National Wind Watch
"A nonprofit organisation that promotes awareness of the negative impacts of industrial wind energy development on our environment, economy, and quality of life." Precursor of IWA, National Wind Watch is a US organisation with wider links, including international news coverage.
Industrial Wind Action (IWA).
"Industrial Wind Action™, was formed to counteract the misleading information promulgated by the wind energy industry and various environmental groups. Support for this effort comes from a large and diversified group of environmentalists, energy experts, and ordinary citizens."
US organisation with excellent international coverage of news stories that is updated daily. Gallery. Library of research papers and important articles.
Local Press
Hexham Courant
Northumberland Gazette
The Morpeth Herald
The Journal
The Evening Chronicle
BBC Look North
ITV Tyne Tees
Specific press releases
Journal 9.8.11
Journal 19.8.11
Journal 20.08.11
Journal 1.10.11
Journal 10.11.11
Northumberland Gazette 11.8.11
Northumberland Gazette 11.8.11
Hexham Courant 11.11.11
Hexham Courant 14.11.11
This list is in no way comprehensive, so if you are aware of any others that you think would be useful for us to list, please don't hesitate to contact us.
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