{"id":389969,"date":"2025-07-20T19:07:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T17:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389969"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T17:07:59","slug":"the-truth-about-britains-taxpayer-cash-soaked-wind-farm-industry-daily-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389969","title":{"rendered":"The truth about Britain\u2019s taxpayer cash-soaked wind farm industry\u2013Daily Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t AC Osborn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Daily Mail has an interesting insight into the riches we to wind farms at the expense of billpayers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Cabrach and Glenfiddich Estates cover almost 50,000 scenic acres of Morayshire at the north-eastern end of the Grampian Mountains.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owned by Christopher Moran, a colourful <\/em>Tory<\/em><\/a> donor who made his fortune in the City of <\/em>London<\/em><\/a>, they take in grouse moors, a salmon river, a pheasant shoot and some of the finest stalking ground in all of Scotland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also some 18 tenanted farms, endless estate cottages, and a grand 17-bedroom lodge, which once belonged to the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon and boasts a ping-pong room decorated with oil paintings by Thomas Gainsborough.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moran, who is 77, acquired this pile via two transactions, in 1979 and 1982.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A keen shot, he describes his hobbies in Who\u2019s Who as \u2018architecture, opera, art, politics and country pursuits\u2019, and once told an interviewer that Cabrach and Glenfiddich gave him \u2018sanity\u2019, saying: \u2018In London I can work 24 hours a day. But here, I unwind.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lately, the wealthy laird\u2019s perks have been more than just sporting. For recent events have turned his picturesque Highland seat into one of rural Britain\u2019s most prolific cash machines.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historically, this was one of the finest unspoiled views in Scotland. But today, the skyline is broken by 59 gargantuan steel turbines of the Dorenell Wind Farm.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of them stands 126 metres tall and sits on land that has been leased by Moran to the French energy giant EDF.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dorenell is being paid \u00a3116.79\/MWh this year under its CfD, and this price will go up each year for inflation. Market prices since April have averaged \u00a359\/MWh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/register.lowcarboncontracts.uk\/AAA-DOR-182\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It began operations in 2018, having won a heavily subsidised contract just before David Cameron pulled the plug on subsidies for onshore wind. This ban has, of course, since been lifted by Miliband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, Dorenell has been paid a sum of \u00a349.6 million in subsidies, over and above its income from sales of electricity. As the Mail reports, Dorenell has also received millions more in constraint payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. Meanwhile the countryside is ruined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to Britain\u2019s \u201cClean\u201d Energy revolution!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Daily Mail has an interesting insight into the riches we to wind farms at the expense of billpayers:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":389974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691836696,691819627,691831484,691833294,691818154,691818299],"class_list":["post-389969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cabrach-and-glenfiddich-estates","tag-clean-energy","tag-energy-secretary-ed-miliband","tag-french-energy-giant-edf","tag-net-zero","tag-subsidies","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG3-48-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1DrP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":332018,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=332018","url_meta":{"origin":389969,"position":0},"title":"UK warns against solar farms on farmland","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The government is cautioning local authorities against approving solar farms on high-quality farmland unless deemed necessary, citing concerns over food security and energy needs.","rel":"","context":"In \"farmland\"","block_context":{"text":"farmland","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=farmland"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-177.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-177.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-177.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-177.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":299663,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=299663","url_meta":{"origin":389969,"position":1},"title":"Ofgem to investigate claims of wind farms overcharging billpayers millions","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/04\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Ofgem said it was investigating the alleged behaviour and has asked the Energy System Operator (ESO) to look into the matter.","rel":"","context":"In \"\u00d8rsted\"","block_context":{"text":"\u00d8rsted","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=orsted-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0878f0fab1754d823575ed96c4f099f27.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":341560,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=341560","url_meta":{"origin":389969,"position":2},"title":"AR6 Results","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/05\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The price for new electricity from offshore wind has risen to \u00a382\/MWh in current prices, a significant 58% increase since the previous successful auction. 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