Onshore wind farms could be built across the peninsula, some taller than skyscrapers.
All the power generated at the Beinn an Tuirc 3 wind farm, on the Kintyre peninsula, belongs to Amazon
Alasdair Bennett, who runs a group seeking to maximise compensation for local communities, told me it has been like a "gold rush" for power companies who are eager to meet the growing demand for renewable energy. And it's happening in an area which is half the size of Greater London. At the bottom of the narrow 30-mile peninsula is the Mull of Kintyre, made famous in the 1970s by Paul McCartney's hit song.
He takes me by boat to an area of natural woodland on the east coast of Kintyre which he wants to use as the location for an ecotourism project. The Scottish government has said it strongly supports upgrading existing wind farms with more advanced turbines as part of plans to double onshore wind capacity by 2030.Affordable, sustainable energy, particularly at a time of rising bills, is an aim which many consumers will agree with. But it is not as simple as that.Image caption,It is hidden in a vast area of upland forestry.The huge towers and the enormous blades sweeping through the air above Kintyre look like any other wind farm.
Mr James is not directly affected by Beinn an Tuirc 3 but he worries about its implications for the future.He said: "Big silicon valley companies driving wind farm development in Scotland because of their own consumption and high levels of demand is at odds with local interests - local environmental interests, local economic interests - so it can't be that we're there simply to service their demands.
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