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Wind farms: green boon or a blot on landscape?

Few construction projects could claim to have split public opinion so fiercely, but the growth of Scotland’s wind farms will be inescapable during the coming decade.

According to The Herald’s calculations, the 1131 turbines already installed take up roughly 54 square km, or 0.06% of Scotland’s area.