PROPOSED new planning guidelines will make it nigh on impossible to refuse a windfarm in the Highlands on the grounds of its impact on nearby houses, it was claimed yesterday.
For the energy sector, 2009 could, for many reasons, be a watershed year. The economic downturn - the recession or depression - will be in full swing and will be accompanied by a further fall in energy demand.
Academics don't agree on it; there's more than one than proposal, and no certainty that any or all of them will be built. And the cost could be £15billion or more. It is, quite literally, the largest renewable energy project ever proposed in the UK, and it has been around for years.
