Donald Trump approaches the Scotland’s parliament for the wind farm case – Golf News
Donald Trump, a real estate business tycoon, has demanded that the Scottish parliament quit its plans of building an offshore wind farm near the site of his $1.62 billion golf resort, in Aberdeenshire.
According to Trump, he was assured by the then Minister Jack McConnell (2007) as well as Alex Salmond that the wind farm project would not go ahead.
However, both McConnell and Salmond rejected the claims made by the entrepreneur.
Trump told that when he heard about the project of 11 turbines being planned to be built near the site of the course, he decided to move his project to Ireland.
"Jack McConnell said it won't be built," Trump told the Scottish Parliament's economy, energy and tourism committee.
"His people were telling various my people that it won't happen. They talked about the Ministry of Defence would never approve it, because it had something to do with radar, and they talked about the shipping lanes, especially because it's near Aberdeen".
"They said it won't happen. It was very prevalent for a short period of time and then it totally disappeared," he continued. "Based on that, I decided, I'll go forward".
He went on to say that he then discussed the issue with Salmond, who also assured him that the parliament will never approve the project of wind farm because of Ministry of Defence problem and several other issues.
Therefore, he proceeded with his plans and invested millions of dollars on the site, hoping to make it an amazing venue for the sport.
He now believes that he was misled as he took the steps based on the promises made by the leaders of the time.
He added that it will make a bad impression on investors all over the world. Trump made a point before the committee that the investors will avoid investing in Scotland after watching him risking such a huge investment.
Observers said that the parliament of Scotland must look into this matter and suspend the plans of the farm, meanwhile utilise other sources to produce green energy.
They said that if the issue is not fixed, the tourism industry of Scotland will witness a steep decline in revenues, as wind farms usually turn off tourists.
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