Windfarm Developers' Environmental Statements frequently understate visual impact whilst still being technically correct. This is done through small-scale images, poor photographic quality, hazy turbine images, perverse viewpoint selection, local screening and the like.

Photomontage: Spittal Hill Windfarm from Developer's viewpoint at Georgemas Junction

SYV can provide large-scale photomontages as a
direct comparison to Developer's images or from more
representative or informative alternative locations.

Photomontage: Stroupster Windfarm from a nearby alternative location to Developer's viewpoint at Noss Head

It is SYV's policy never to sensationalise images, indeed images are generally slightly understated.

Photomontage of Dunbeath Windfarm on a photograph of Buolfruich Windfarm with the Scarabens, Maiden Pap and Morven in the background.

Images of turbines or pylons are shown in the right position at the correct size.

Extract from the forgoing image where the Dunbeath and Buolfruich windfarms overlap in this view.

Although colours are shown reasonably faithfully, the same turbine can appear anything from jet black to brilliant white and in myriad hues, and this can vary in the space of minutes. Turbines can even appear almost invisible on occasion. The first three photographs below were taken within two minutes of each other. The fourth was shot seven minutes later.

Photographs of Forss windfarm taken between 14.07 and 14.18 on 31st October 2006

Examples of large-scale posters for display purposes showing accurate relative heights of proposed turbines compared to well-known and local landmarks.

Comparison of existing 132kV transmission with
potential upgraded 400kV transmission line.

Extracts from critical assessment of Environmental Statement images.

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