Renewable Energy - Wind Energy

• For SNH policy on this technology please refer to the Wind Energy Policy section.
• Guidance & Information Specific to Bird Interests
• Offshore windfarms - guidance and advice

General Advice and Information

• Designing windfarms in the landscape - consultation September 2008
• Bats and onshore wind turbines - Interim guidance from Natural England
• Natural heritage assessment of small scale wind energy projects which do not require formal Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - Guidance Note
• Cumulative Effect of Windfarms: Guidance Note
• Visual representation of wind farms. Good Practice Guidance (February 2007)
  Please note that this guidance was published in February 2007 (there is an error on the title page in respect of the publication date), hard copies of this guidance can be purchased from SNH publications and should be referred to for the larger illustrations.
• Calculating carbon savings from wind farms on Scottish peat lands - A New Approach, report to the Scottish Government, June 2008 by the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen and Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
  
• Guidelines on the Environmental Impacts of Windfarms and Small Scale Hydroelectric Schemes: SNH Natural Heritage Management Series (February 2001). Available from SNH publications 01738 458530
• University of Newcastle (2002) Visual Assessment of Windfarms Best Practice.
  Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report F01AA303A.