(Scotland) Massive wind farm 'turned down' - BBC

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(Scotland) Massive wind farm 'turned down' - BBC

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Friday, 25 January 2008, 13:41 GMT

Massive wind farm 'turned down'

Plans to build one of Europe's biggest wind farms
on the Isle of Lewis are set to be turned down,
BBC Scotland understands.

The BBC's Gaelic news service, Radio nan Gaidheal,
has learned that Scottish Government ministers are
"minded to refuse" the 181 turbine scheme.

More than 5,000 letters of objection to the
proposals were received by the Scottish Government.

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Campaigners had warned the wind farm would cause
"irreversible damage" to one of the country's most
important wetland sites.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7208991.stm

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