Scotland’s aristocrats are earning millions of pounds from windfarms on their estates , according to figures from the Renewable Energy Foundation, a charity that promotes sustainable development.
Fallago Rig in the Lammermuir Hills in the Borders, will earn landowner the Duke of Roxburghe £720,000 a year. In the course of the 25-year lifespan of the windfarm, the Duke of Roxburghe could earn something between £18 million and £62.5m.
Sir Alastair Gordon-Cumming will earn £435,000 from the 29 turbines on the Altyre estate near Forres in Moray.
The Earl of Seafield also has eight turbines on his estate near Banff in the north-east which are estimate to be able to earn him £120,000 annually.
The Earl of Moray receives £540,000 a year from 36 turbines at Braes O’Doune near Stirling.
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It'll take a big change in Scottish society before we can put an end to this kind of immorality.
ReplyDeleteHopefully independence will give us a chance to start building a decent society, one that has learned from all the mistakes that are currently being perpetrated in the capitalist system.
Such a fresh start must enable the kind of free thinker that Scotland has historically produced to rise and be heard.