Plans for a four-turbine windfarm that would create around 100 jobs and be located near the village of Glenfarg have been lodged with Perth and Kinross Council.
Element Power, based in Edinburgh, and the Binn Eco Park have worked together to submit the plan for the development, which it is claimed would provide energy to nearly 4,500 homes.
Binn Eco Park was established in 2009 and is a community of manufacturing and service businesses located on land outside Glenfarg. At the moment it employs more than 100 people and it is anticipated that this figure will double as new enterprises move to the site.
A supporting statement lodged by Element Power states: “The Binn Eco Park windfarm will act as a catalyst to stimulate new business and training initiatives, and encourage economic growth in this rural corner of Perthshire.”
The document claims the turbines at the development would have a combined total capacity of up to 9.2MW.
It states: “The electricity generated at Binn Eco Park will offset the need to generate electricity from fossil fuels.
“The proposed turbines will generate approximately 22.49GWh of electricity per annum.”
Element Power set up the Binn Eco Park windfarm community liaison group in September 2012, with Abernethy and District, Glenfarg, Auchtermuchty Earn and Strathmiglo community councils all represented.
Then in September this year it sent newsletters to 5,566 households, inviting them to attend a second round of exhibitions to update communities on the revised windfarm design.
However, an objection lodged by Andrew Vivers, of Glamis, claims windfarms are responsible for possible health damage caused by infrasound and low frequency noise.
In a letter he has written to Perth and Kinross Council, Mr Vivers claims: “The bottom line is that if you have a life-threatening ailment and live near a wind turbine, then your chances of recovery are greatly diminished.”