Spittal Hill Wind Farm - an opportunity to make your views known

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This web site is designed to help inform and shape the proposed wind farm development at Spittal Hill. The site provides information and links giving you access to a wide range of materials on both the proposed wind farm itself and the reasons for developing wind power as a whole. Critically, this site will endeavour to encourage all visitors to read and digest the information available and to respond, through the site or other means, highlighting your views on the Spittal Hill Wind Farm, renewable energy and the wider climate change debate.

 

Brown wants UK to lead climate fight

Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants Britain to lead the fight against global warming and has hinted that climate change policies must become more ambitious.

Mr Brown makes his first major speech on the issue later and will underscore the need to act immediately to combat global warming and argue that green measures do not have to damage economic growth.

His speech follows a major scientific report from the United Nations which warned that the Earth is heating up at a quickening pace because of human activity and the results could be catastrophic if action is not taken.

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that current trends would see temperatures rise by up to 4C and sea levels 60 cm higher by 2100.

Mr Brown has said he is determined to act and, despite recent reports that he has been under pressure from ministers to curb commitments to reducing carbon emissions, is expected to stress he is looking at the possibility of making them even tougher.

Mr Brown will also cite International

19 November 2007
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Photo montage 1: Location: A9 near Spittal. Distance to nearest turbine - 1.7km


Photo montage 2: Location: Junction A9 A882. Distance to nearest turbine - 4km

BACKGROUND

Spittal Windfarm Ltd is a locally based company set up by Tom and Steven Pottinger who own the farm on Banniskirk Mains. In the early 1990s Tom and Steven were approached by developers exploring the opportunity of developing a wind farm on their land. Wind data indicated the site would be an excellent location and, more recently, Tom and Steven decided to form a company in order to hopefully develop and run the site while retaining as much local ownership as possible.

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