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Two other wind farms at Aikengall in East Lothian are owned by a company called Community Windpower. According to Companies House, it was controlled by Swiss Renewable Energies based in Jersey until 31 May 2018.  Altogether Scotland’s biggest 50 wind farms, ranked by the amount of electricity they are capable of generating, have 31 owners. Just 11 are owned in Scotland by Scottish companies.  The remaining owners are in England (12), Spain (10), Norway (8), France (3), Germany (2...

Nearly a third of Scotland’s biggest wind farms have owners with links to offshore tax havens in the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Guernsey and Jersey.  An investigation by The Ferret has also revealed that 39 of the largest 50 wind farms are ultimately owned outwith Scotland in England, Spain, France, Germany, Norway, China and elsewhere. Campaigners allege that the wind industry’s tax havens have deprived public services of “many millions” of pounds, while boosting private profits. Sco...

System of multimillion-pound wind farm payments just beggars belief says Caithness campaigner By Alan Hendry Published: 09:21, 24 December 2020 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper Camster, one of the Caithness onshore wind farms that collectively have generated payments of more than £8,800,000. A far north campaigner has said it "beggars belief" that millions of pounds continue to be handed over to wind farm opera...

Multimillion-pound payments to turn off wind turbines beggars belief, says far north campaigner By Alan Hendry Published: 15:00, 24 December 2020 Get the Northern Times sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper A far north campaigner has said it "beggars belief" that millions of pounds continue to be handed over to wind farm operators to switch off their turbines. Brenda Herrick claims Caithness and Sutherland landscapes are being "totally destro...