In our last newsletter, John Mackay (author of Scotland’s Beauty at Risk) took a look at the shortcomings of the currently available data sets on turbine numbers in Scotland. Having seen the inability/unwillingness of the Scottish Government to provide accurate data on how widespread wind turbine developments are, and failings Read more
Carolyn Churchill CONSERVATIONISTS have welcomed a “major U-turn” by an energy company, which has withdrawn plans for a wind farm that was to be the subject of a public inquiry. SSE said yesterday it would no longer apply to build the Dalnessie wind farm in Sutherland. It is also dropping Read more
The creation of a wind turbine at Bonnykelly near New Pitsligo would cause “unacceptable interference” for radar. That’s the blunt message from Aberdeen International Airport which says that the introduction of an additional turbine in the area would create unacceptable clutter on radar screens. Applicant Roy Mathieson of Elgin has Read more
Kelso community councillors did not object to plans for a wind turbine on an industrial estate because they thought it was for a local factory. At last week’s February meeting of Kelso Community Council, members discussed the planning application for a 67m turbine on a site close to the Border Read more
Tim Webb A planned expansion of the world’s largest wind farm has been abandoned because of the impact on the local population of red-throated divers. The developers behind the £1.9 billion London Array had intended to add 100 turbines to the 175 already fixed to the seabed off the Kent Read more