• Regional Anti Wind Power Station Groups
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• Other Useful Sites.
• Overseas Protest Groups

Regional Anti Wind Power Station Groups (43 and counting)

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Fenland Landscape Against Turbines (FLAT) - a campaign to stop wind turbines being erected at Marshland St James, Norfolk.

Save Our Scenery - Protecting Our Heritage Coastline (SOS) The website of the group protesting against the proposal to a site a wind farm consisting of 220+ turbines in Llandudno and Colwyn Bay. Npower Renewables propose to establish the largest offshore wind farm in the UK in Colwyn bay. The turbines will be the largest so far at some 520 feet.

No Ellands Wind Turbines NEWT is the action group set up by villagers from Thurning, Hemington, Luddington-in-the-Brook and Clopton to: Oppose the plans for wind turbines at Ellands Farm, Hemington, seek specialist advice about the impact of this development on the local community, let you know about the progress of the plans, what you can do to help and let you know about planned meetings to discuss the development.

Dunion Hill Conservation Group The site at Dunion Hill has been 'scoped' or tested for suitability by a firm called Entec who now propose to erect 8 wind turbines between the Dunion and Black Law. The Dunion Hill Conservation Group believes that windfarm sites must be carefully selected to avoid lasting damage to landscape, environment and the local economy.

No Wind Farm at Kiln Pit Hill the web site of the residents of Kiln Pit Hill, Unthank and surrounding villages, adjacent to North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

BATTLE - Bradwell & Tillingham Tackling Lost Environment the web site dedicated to the protection of the countryside around the village of Bradwell & Tillingham, and in particular to the campaign to prevent the construction of one of the largest onshore wind-farms in the UK on the marshes between Bradwell and the village of Tillingham.

Moorland Without Turbines The action group of Lewis residents, who are alarmed and concerned at the various proposed wind power station developments for North Lewis (234 turbines).

Ayrshire Wind With the continuous proliferation of windfarms in the west of Scotland, it was felt there was a need for a central point to collate and map these developments. This website is dedicated to share information and inform interested parties of what is taking place in the Scottish countryside.

The Clatto Landscape Protection Group are working to protect Clatto Hill from industrial development when a proposal was made by Scottish Power to build a Wind Power Station* on Clatto Hill in Fife. CLPG was formed by a group of concerned local residents. 17 turbines, each 93 meters high, that is the same height as the Statue of Liberty, would dominate their intricate rural landscape.

*The term windfarm is commonly used. This is a rural area, we know what a farm is, and this is not one. It is an industrial plant.

Moorsyde Action Group the website of the Moorsyde Action Group, set up to oppose Your Energy's 'Moorsyde' Wind Farm proposal. More background on "Your Energy Ltd."

Mellock Hill Action Group. A new protest group fighting the construction of a wind farm on Mellock Hill and Innerdouny Hill, near the national nature reserve at Loch Leven and RSPB Vane Farm. This wind farm is one of six proposed for the eastern Ochil Hills. The developer is RDC of Cefn Croes notoriety.

N.I.N.A. (Not in North Argyll). The website of the group opposing Wind Power Station developments in Inverliever (17-22 Turbines) and An Suidhe (24 Turbines) overlooking Loch Awe.

Den Brook Valley Wind Turbine Action Group. Welcome to the Den Brook Valley Wind Turbine Action Group. The group is largely formed from residents of the towns and villages surrounding Den Brook - North Tawton, Bow and Spreyton. The group oppose proposals to build between 10 and 19 huge wind turbines on the doorstep of Dartmoor National Park. The group is in favour of renewable energy, but have found that the supposed benefits of 'Wind Farms' turn out to be nothing more than myths.

NOWAP (NO Windfarm at Parham), - the website of action group formed on the 7th of January 2004 to oppose the proposed windfarm development of Parham airfield, in the county of Suffolk. The developer's propose to erect six turbines of 101m (331ft). Interesting section on the relationship between Saxon Windpower and Your Energy Ltd.

Amulree & Strathbraan Windfarm Action Group - this website was set up at the start of 2004 as a result of a number of proposals to build large-scale wind power stations near to Amulree and Strathbraan. These proposals are for industrial scale wind power stations with up to 75 modern turbines, as tall as 122 metres (400 feet) to blade tip and are inappropriate for this rural location.

Skye Windfarm Action Group (SWAG) - the website of the action group opposing AMECs proposal to erect 28 x 330ft wind turbines overlooking the village of Edinbane and RDC's proposal to erect a further 14 x 330ft wind turbines on the neighbouring Ben Aketil.

The Marton, Askam & Ireleth Windfarm Action Group (MAIWAG) - a good source of real information on living with windfarms and a good links page. See also their June Newsletter here.

Villagers Against Inappropriate Turbine Sitings (VAITS) - is a local group set up to rally support against the proposed development of a Wind Turbine Farm near St James, South Elmham in Suffolk.

The Saddleworth Moors Action Group - the protest group opposing United Utilities plans to build 7 giant 350 ft Wind Turbines on one of the most beautiful spots in the South Pennines.

NO to The Whinash Windfarm - a local response to the Proposed Environmental Disaster in the Parishes of Orton and Tebay in the County of Cumbria.

Ochils Environmental Protection Group (OEPG) - provides information about the many wind power station proposals that are planned for the Ochil Hills in north central Scotland. These are being developed by many different companies and this site provides a cumulative overview.

Cefn Croes action group - the website for the group in opposition to the Cefn Croes wind power station, including the book “THE BATTLE FOR CEFN CROES’ available for free download.

NO To The Scout Moor Windfarm - the website of the opposition group for the United Utilities and Peel Holdings wind power station proposal - 26 turbines, 100 metres high. 

Campaign Against Turbines at Shipdham (CATS) - this Website has been set up by a group of local residents opposing the proposed erection of three of the largest wind turbines in Europe. The location is in between Shipdham and Bradenham in Norfolk. Very interesting turbine "flicker" effect diagram.

Rimside Moor Wind Farm Protest the action group formed to oppose the proposed Rimside Moor wind farm, Northumberland.

Ceiriog Valley Action Group - NO to wind turbines at Cefn Coed. Their aim is to campaign for the rejection of any proposal to site wind turbines at Cefn Coed, or anywhere else in the Ceiriog Valley.

Save the Vale Action Group (SVAG) - the website of the group of volunteers from Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset, whose aim is to oppose an imminent planning application by Ecotricity to install a wind power station at Symphony Farm in Cucklington, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.

Communities Opposing Lamonby Turbines (COLT) - the website of communities opposing a windfarm at Lamonby in Cumbria.

Friends of Eden, Lunesdale and Lakeland (FELLS) - the website of the group fighting plans for a wind power station in the Eden valley, the Lake District, Lunesdale and other Pennines sites..

Friends of Cumbria’s Environment (FORCE) - the website of the group opposing wind turbine planning applications in inappropriate locations, in particular at Boltons Parish.

Thorne and District Windfarm Action Group (TDWAG) - the website of the group fighting local Humberside proposals for wind power stations, particularly a group encircling Thorne Moors, and also wider national plans. Very good collection of wind power station press references. A wealth of other Press cuttings are included plus a short piece about the memorable National Conference held at Saddleworth on June 19th, 2004.

The Wight Against Rural Turbines (ThWART) - ThWART was born in January 2001 following concerns that a windfarm was about to be built south of the village of Wellow and has recently gone into top gear pending the expected Planning Application later in 2004 from Your Energy Ltd.

Meikle Carewe Windfarm Action Group (McWAG) - This is a small local community campaigning against a wind power station in North-East Scotland, near Aberdeen.

NoAH - This is a campaign group formed to protect the landscape and economy of Angus from the effects of misplaced wind power stations, particularly at Ark Hill.

Views of Angus - Campaign to stop ‘Renewable Energy Systems’ putting up a wind power station on Ark Hill near Glamis.

Drumderg Windfarm Information - Website set up by Alyth Community Council to enable local people to express their views on a wind power station planning application for Drumderg Hill.

Walkerburn Against the Windfarm - Walkerburn is a small village in the Tweed Valley, and currently faces a proposal from AMEC for a windfarm of 14 x 100m turbines.

Barningham High Moor Coalition - SUMMARY OF THE LONG FIGHT TO SAVE BARNINGHAM HIGH MOOR...

Betws Mountain Protest Group - the website of the group protesting about a proposed wind power station on Betws Mountain, Carmarthenshire S.Wales, which overlooks the town of Ammanford. Especially good is this page this page dedicated to providing up-to-date Press and Media coverage especially in the South Wales area. The Dragon logo is well worth seeing as well.

Stop Cambridge Wind Farm (StopCWF) - the website of the STOP Cambridge Wind Farm Action Group - opposing "Your Energy Ltd."'s plan to site 16 Wind Turbines on land between the A14 and the bridal path which runs from Conington to Boxworth. More background on "Your Energy Ltd."

Save Our Common Mountain Environment (SOCME) - the website of the action group opposing the Massive Wind Power Station Planned for the profoundly beautiful and historic Mynydd Y Gwair (The Hay Mountain), North Gower. The developer is National Wind Power.
See the excellent Photo Gallery of the Mass Protest Walk on Mynydd y Gwair.

No Windfarms at Fullabrook - follow this link to register your support for this North Devon group.

West Hinkley Action Group (WHAG) - Local people from the surrounding hamlets have joined together to form an action group to fight against the Wind Farm developers, Your Energy, who are planning to site 12 giant 116m turbines on farm land on the coast at Shurton Bars.

National Organisations

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Country Guardian - is the leading UK conservation group concerned about the environmental and social damage caused by commercial windfarms. Without Country Guardian's support most local protest groups would have not been nearly so well informed or successful.

National Wind Watch National Wind Watch™ is a coalition of citizens and grassroots groups, formed to promote knowledge and raise awareness of the risks of industrial wind energy development and the related impacts on our environment, economy, and quality-of-life.

Scottish Wind Watch A new political campaigning organisation is launched today. Its aim is to challenge head-on the political decisions underlying the current spate of wind-power projects in Scotland’s countryside. Scottish Wind Watch, which will campaign under the slogan “Save Our Hills” has set an ambitious first target: to raise £5000 in just seven days to put up candidates for the European Parliamentary Elections...

Also take a look at look at the new sister website for the Save Our Hills campaign scottishwindwatch.org which is dedicated to providing current information on wind-projects in Scotland.

CPRE Dorset Branch - "DORSET CPRE IS AN INDEPENDENT CHARITY THAT WORKS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, COUNTRYSIDE, TOWNS AND VILLAGES FROM THREATS OF OVER DEVELOPMENT, TO SUPPORT FARMERS IN THEIR CONSERVATION ROLE AND TO ENHANCE THE COUNTY'S NATURAL HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL."

http://www.wind-farm.org - Ray Berry’s extensive and well researched site for news and information about wind power and wind power stations

Views of Scotland - was formed as an Organisation at the June 2002 Perth Conference on Renewable energy. They seek to bring the facts surrounding renewable energy decisions to the Scottish people and their political representatives. Download their latest newsletter here if only for the headline story "Danish wind boss admits: Wind-power hasn't cut Denmark’s CO2 emissions."

See also All Froth and No Substance (A survey of lots of people who do not live close to a wind site). A VIEWS OF SCOTLAND analysis of the Scottish Executive survey: Public Attitudes to Windfarms: A Survey of Local Residents in Scotland(September 2003).

Campaign for the Preservation of Rural Wales (CPRW) - The CPRW View: In the process of encouraging renewable energy Government policies on wind power fail to provide sufficient recognition of the the need to conserve the landscape and environment of rural Wales.

Renewable Energy Foundation The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF), which launched on 15th July 2004, has called for an immediate cross-party review of UK energy policy. The mission of the organisation is to ‘encourage the development of renewable energy and energy conservation whilst safeguarding the landscapes of the United Kingdom from unsustainable industrialisation. In pursuit of this goal, REF highlights the need for an overall energy policy that is balanced, ecologically sensitive and effective’. The REF Brief can be downloaded here also.

WindFarm News Windfarms and alternatives in the British Isles - updated daily. An excellent site on all things Renewable and Wind Power.

Other Useful Sites

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DAVID BELLAMY has been campaigning against wind power stations for 10 years and has an informative wind power station section on his website.

Danish Society of Wind Farm Neighbours - Did you know... that the Danish Wind Turbine Industry have costed Danish taxpayers 3.000.000.000 DKK over the last decade.

Christine Lovelock is a landscape artist with a webpage on her website dedicated to landscapes under threat from wind farm development.

Numberwatch - An Excellent expose of pseudo science in general with some first class global warming material.

The Science & Environmental Policy Project. Expertise: Global climate change and the greenhouse effect, depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer, acid rain, air pollution.

Cooler Heads Coalition - a project of sub-group of the National Consumer Coalition. The Cooler Heads Coalition formed May 6, 1997 to dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific, and risk analysis. Coalition members will also follow the progress of the international Global Climate Change Treaty negotiations.

Greenspin.Blogspot - A Weblog monitoring coverage of environmental issues and science in the UK media. By Professor Emeritus Philip Stott. The aim is to assess whether a subject is being fairly covered by press, radio, and television. Above all, the Weblog will focus on science, but not just on poor science. It will also bring to public notice good science that is being ignored because it may be politically inconvenient.

CO2 Science Magazine - The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change.

Green Construction - Green Construction is a collection of abstracts of newspaper and periodical articles relevant to green building in the UK. Well worth a look.

AN ILL WIND - AN OBJECTION AGAINST WINDFARMS IN IRELAND - By Nigel Barnes. A huge amount of Wind Power Station facts, figures and links to more information. Well worth a look.

Warmwell.com Click on ‘Wind Farms - hazards’ in the left hand column. This is an excellent website for those truly interested in the countryside and agriculture.

Safewind Info. A mine of good information about wildlife and Wind Power Stations. In their own words: SafeWind.Info is dedicated to providing you factual information. The documentation contained on this site is central to your understanding of the environmental concerns over the expanding number of ocean wind turbine electrical generating plants proposed for coastal waters.

Wachusett Mountain Wind Site where industrial sized wind power will endanger visitors and impinge upon a constitutionally protected state preserve. Some very good papers on the dangers of wind power.

Werner Eisenkopf's Turbine Crash List. Online since 2002, this a continuously updated Wind-Turbine crash-list from Germany and some other wind-turbine crashes in Nederland, France, Denmark and India. Over 140 Crashes, fires, oil problems and more, with a lot of good pictures too. In German.

Mat-Su Vally News (USA) The Horrors of Wind Power - an excellent collection of pictures of wind power views...

VENTDUBOCAGE (wind of the Bocage)"VENTDUBOCAGE"is fighting to save french Poitou from destruction, Ventdubocage join "vent de colère" National Fédération " (wind of rage) ( regrouping more than 200 associations). Well worth seeing their footage of Spectacular windmills Accidents and also worth seeing their pictures of a French turbine blowing apart.

Overseas Protest Groups

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Industrial Wind Action Group (IWA) Industrial Wind Action is dedicated to providing information on industrial wind energy to enable communities and government officials to make informed decisions.

Citizens for Responsible Energy Development CRED’s mission is to ensure that citizens have a voice in energy decisions, decisions that affect our lives, finances and quality of life. We expect access and input to these decisions and further expect that these decisions be made in an ‘open’ manner. New York has been inundated with proposals to build wind turbines and wind turbine ‘farms’ or ‘parks’. Unfortunately, most of us (and our local governments) only hear from the power companies.

CITIZENS OPPOSING WIND TURBINE SITES (Windcows) The concerned group, CITIZENS OPPOSING WINDTURBINE SITES (C.O.W.S), was formed by a concerned group of citizens to protect the health, safety and well being of all citizens in regards to the proposed 474 foot tall, 49 turbine Twin Creeks Wind Farm which is proposed for the Townships of Mishicot, Two Creeks and Two Rivers.

Kingdom Commons Group (USA) Kingdom Commons Group was formed in 2003 in opposition to the encroaching destruction of our landscape that would be caused by the several proposed industrial wind-turbine projects. Begun as a group of local folks who live in or work in the Kingdom, we have expanded to include the many visitors and friends who believe in the Kingdom’s sense of community and immense natural beauty.

The Glebe Mountain Group (GMG) is a voluntary association of residents and property owners in the Glebe Mountain region of Vermont. The group was formed in response to concerns about a proposal by Catamount Energy to install 27 wind turbines 330 feet tall, lighted 24 hours a day, along a three and one-half mile stretch of Glebe Mountain in Londonderry (USA).

Protect the Flint Hills (Kansas) has a new web-page with a list of "Who's Concerned" organizations world wide. Check out this splendid contribution by ‘Protect the Flint Hills” to the global fight against the scourge of the wind monsters! A more comprehensive list of Anti Wind turbine protestors world wide I have yet to see. The rest of the site is excellent as well.