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Following last night’s (Thursday) public meeting in the Tingwall Hall on turbine noise and adverse health impacts, Westside resident Dr Sally Huband provides some background for those who were unable to attend the meeting.
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Wind turbines on a hill overlooking a rural landscape with scattered houses and green fields under a cloudy sky.
Westside resident Sally Huband has been forced to sell her house in East Burrafirth to escape subaudible acoustic emissions from the Viking turbines. Here she details her – so far – unsuccessful attempts to get the industry to act on the issue.
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A wind farm with multiple wind turbines stands on a vast, hilly landscape under a partly cloudy sky at sunset.
  • The utility’s chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies predicts huge benefits for the isles
  • Cheap wind energy will stabilise electricity prices, according to SSE
  • Company keen to develop further projects in the isles
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