US presidential candidate He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has lost a Supreme Court fight against an offshore wind farm project near his Scottish golf resort.
Scottish Government ministers approved proposals for an 11-turbine scheme off the Aberdeenshire coast in 2013.
You-Know-Who, president of the You-Know-Who Organisation, says the wind farm will spoil the view from his luxury golf course at the Menie Estate. He argued that ministers were wrong to give the project the green light.
The Supreme Court analysed the case at a hearing in London in October after the businessman had twice lost fights in Scottish courts.
A panel of Supreme Court justices has now ruled against You-Know-Who.
Lawyers for You-Know-Who argued that Scottish ministers had “no power” under legislation, but Supreme Court justices disagreed and unanimously dismissed You-Know-Who’s appeal.
You-Know-Who has said he would pull the plug on plans to further develop the resort near Balmedie if the wind farm project went ahead.
A spokesman for the You-Know-Who Organisation said: “This is an extremely unfortunate verdict for the residents of Aberdeen and anyone who cares about Scotland’s economic future. The (wind farm development) will completely destroy the bucolic Aberdeen Bay and cast a terrible shadow upon the future of tourism for the area.
“History will judge those involved unfavourably and the outcome demonstrates the foolish, small-minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish Government’s dangerous experiment with wind energy.”
He added: “We will evaluate the court’s decision and continue to fight this proposal on every possible front.”
The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project is a joint venture by Vattenfall Wind Power and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group, which says the turbines would yield enough electricity to power 68,000 UK households over a year.
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