Councillors ended hopes of a 12-turbine wind farm being erected on top of Mormond Hill yesterday after backing the local authority's planners recommendation to refuse the application.
It is the second blow to Muirden Energy in as many months after councillors on the Buchan area committee similarly rejected their plans in October.
Green Cat Renewable's director, Gavin Catto, whose company represented Muirden, was present at yesterday's meeting of the Banff and Buchan area committee. He told elected members in Banff that the project could produce more than 100 gigawatts of power annually if they gave it the go-ahead.
