An MSP has described a controversial application for a windfarm in one of the Highlands’ most picturesque areas as a “test case” for the Scottish Government. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/holyrood/362317/fraser-time-for-snp-ministers-to-prove-commitment-to-protecting-wild-land/
PEOPLE in the north of Sutherland will soon benefit from a second community investment fund associated with SSE’s Strathy North wind farm – set to open for bids tomorrow. http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Second-Strathy-wind-farm-funding-bids-open-tomorrow-01102014.htm
RenewableUK slams false media reports claiming wind farms affect hearing/Renewable UK http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/press-releases.cfm/2014-10-01-renewableuk-slams-false-media-reports-claiming-wind-farms-affect-hearing
The Ministry of Defence has won its fight to prevent three Hebridean crofters from building wind turbines. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/mod-wins-fight-to-block-wind-turbines-on-crofts.25475999
CONCERNS have been raised by residents in the Bonhill area after a planning application was lodged for a wind turbine on a green belt. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/thisweek/articles/2014/10/01/511330-plans-for-areas-first-wind-turbine-in-alexandria/
Alastair Davis Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has a role in funding the UK’s largest community-owned commercial-scale wind farm, Beinn Ghrideag in the Western Isles. Led by former MP Calum MacDonald, the 9MW project breaks new ground in community-owned renewables projects previously been kept small scale as community groups struggled to Read more
The table on P33 (Appendix B) is well worth a look. Nowhere comes close to East Renfrewshire for density of turbines per square kilometer. SushineShowersandGalesReport_FINAL
AN EXTENSIVE project that will see an underground power cable run through the heart of the area, carrying electricity from a huge offshore wind farm has been approved. http://www.banffshire-journal.co.uk/News/Offshore-wind-farm-cable-plans-get-council-green-light-29092014.htm