A ground-breaking new partnership between community councils, local estates and a developer is seeking to build a community windfarm. http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/community-windfarm-planned-for-north-carrick-1-3492934
The owner of the land where Bute Community Power hopes to site two wind turbines to generate electricity and money for the island says he can’t see any reason why the community would not support the plans. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/local-headlines/wind-turbines-would-be-positive-for-bute-1-3493802
Plans for two wind turbines have been given the green light by councillors. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/auchenblae-windfarm-gets-the-go-ahead-1.499939
TOURIST operators near the site of a proposed wind farm on the edge of Rannoch Moor say they will be fighting to save their businesses if the development goes ahead. The John Muir Trust, the wild land charity, has also urged Highland Perthshire residents and visitors to object to the Read more…
John Swinney, Finance Secretary, has announced that the Scottish government’s new carbon management plan will be published ‘in the near future’. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/new-scot-govt-carbon-management-plan-to-be-published-soon/
The John Muir Trust has urged residents in Highland Perthshire and visitors to object to a 24-turbine wind farm on the Talladh-a-Bheithe estate between Loch Rannoch and Loch Ericht. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/john-muir-trust-says-24-turbine-rannoch-wind-farm-development-would-fatally-undermine-wild-land-map/
Two new 2 Megawatt turbines were added to the already 13-turbine site in the Ochil Hills earlier this month. http://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/07/29/505283-burnfoot-hill-wind-farm-now-home-to-15-turbines-/
BOSSES of some of East Ayrshire’s best-known businesses have thrown their support behind a Cumnock wind farm project, insisting it will create jobs, deliver significant community benefit and an economic boost for the area. http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/07/29/505334-business-bosses-back-wind-farm-proposal/