Councils across the north and north-east received more than 1,300 applications for wind turbine projects in the last 18 months, according to new figures.
And in Scotland as a whole, an average of seven bids are made every day for new green energy structures.
Statistics released by the Conservatives showed that 428 plans were processed in Aberdeenshire, 376 in Highland, 55 in Moray and 371 in Orkney.
A total of 34 applications were lodged in Shetland, 71 in the Western Isles and nine in Aberdeen.
North-east Tory MSP Nanette Milne said the figures illustrated the “immense pressure” that planning departments were under.
She added that the surge had to stop and the only solution was to halt “ludicrous subsidies” for what she described as an “un-reliable and intermittent energy source”.
The news comes a day after power company SSE provoked a storm of criticism after announcing a rise of up to 10% on gas and electric bills, which includes a contribution for renewables.
Anti-windfarm campaigner Lyndsey Ward, of Beauly near Inverness, said the figures showed Scotland was continuing to be “carpet-bombed” with wind turbines.
“Alex Salmond is gambling with the rural vote for next year’s referendum because every proposed windfarm is another cluster of votes lost for him, his party and independence,” she warned.
Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee convener Peter Argyle said the authority had received a vast number of applications but the planning service had coped well.
But he added there was great concern that SNP ministers were seeking to open iconic landscapes, like Bennachie or Deeside, to turbines.
Mr Argyle said: “As long as SNP energy policy is driven by over ambitious targets for renewable generation, the pressure on landscapes, communities and councils will remain.”
The figures showed that councils dealt with 2,508 wind energy applications in the past 18 months.
But the figure could be far higher because South Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire councils failed to provide figures.
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