Donald Trump Loses His War Against a Scottish Wind Farm
Donald Trump may have been grabbing headlines in Cleveland this week, but over in Europe it looks like he’s just lost an ongoing, albeit more low-profile battle.
On Thursday, the Swedish company Vattenfall confirmed it would be investing £300 million ($397 million) in an offshore wind farm off the coast of Northern Scotland. The project, due to start generating power in 2018, has had a long, controversial gestation. Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds raised serious questions about the effect the farm could have on bird life in the area. Trump, who owns land nearby, has also long been a passionate objector to the wind farm project. His expressed objection, however, was rather different from the RSPB’s. He thought it would spoil the view from his golf course.