How Scottish Wind Power Beat Trump But Lost the War
Trump lost a legal fight to keep offshore windmills from spoiling the views from his Scottish golf course. Years later, there's still none there and the industry nationwide has missed its ambitious goals.
Moray Firth near Inverness, world's largest offshore wind power facility Repower 5M, North Sea, Scotland.
Photographer: Paul Langrock/Zenit/laif via Redux
Scotland was so bullish about becoming Europe’s wind energy hub its politicians fell out with a brash real-estate developer and reality TV star called Donald Trump.
Five years on, Trump’s ambitions have taken him to the White House. But instead of the 950 offshore turbines Scotland envisioned by the end of 2017, it has only 63 because of legal battles, geographical challenges and caps on government aid.