By Graham Brown
Developers of a major windfarm project which could add almost 40 turbines
reaching up to 150 metres into the Aberdeenshire/Angus skyline are to take
their plans to the public.
Coriolis Energy is currently exploring the opportunity to develop a
windfarm on the Fasque and Glendye estate, some 5.5 kilometres north of the
village of Fettercairn.
As part of the consultation process, the company has now confirmed two
public exhibitions including a Wednesday June 8 visit to Fettercairn church
hall from 3pm to 8pm.
On display will be an overview of the site, details of the various
environmental assessments which will be undertaken, as well as an
opportunity for members of the public to complete comment cards which
Coriolis plan to use to help shape and inform both the consultation and
proposals going forward.
Earlier this year Coriolis submitted a scoping report for the propose
windfarm to the Scottish Government’s Local Energy and Consents Unit (LECU).
Coriolis have said that the exact number and location of the wind turbines
will be informed by the various technical and environmental studies
undertaken as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, as
well as the feedback obtained from the on-going public and stakeholder
consultation.
The initial scoping design which will be on display in the Fettercairn
event is based on 37 turbines, each with a tip mheight of up to 150m and a
generating capacity of up to 4 megawatts.
Windfarm development manager, James Baird said: “Although the proposals are
at an early stage, we believe that proactive and early community
consultation is an integral element of the planning process.
“We therefore wish to ensure that community are provided every opportunity
to feed back their views directly to our project team at all stages of the
development process”.
”The public exhibitions will provide an opportunity for our team to
introduce the proposals, listen to the views of local people and
importantly take on board the comments received to help shape and inform
both the consultation programme going forward as well as importantly the
proposed windfarm.”
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