Whitelee Report issued to Ministers
13 months after the Inquiry, the Reporters have finally made their recommendation to Ministers. How much longer we have to wait for their decision is anyone’s guess!
Plans for the biggest windfarm in the Highlands are to go ahead/Press and Journal
Campaigners have abandoned their fight against plans for the Highlands’ biggest windfarm yet – because of the prohibitive cost of further legal action. SSE’s latest 67-turbine scheme will be built, with Scottish Government blessing, on a site the size of Inverness at the south end of Loch Ness. Stronelairg’s contribution Read more
Donald Trump’s Aberdeen Bay offshore wind farm plan fight dead in the water/The National
AFTER a Democratic Party convention that featured constant attacks on him, and accusations that he encouraged Russia to spy on his opponent for the US presidency, Hillary Clinton, a bad week for Donald Trump has ended on another reverse, this time in Scotland. http://www.thenational.scot/news/donald-trumps-aberdeen-bay-offshore-wind-farm-plan-fight-dead-in-the-water.20589
Windfarm delay puts skilled jobs at risk/The Courier (Letters)
Sir, – We are writing to highlight our concerns arising from the decision by the Scottish courts to uphold a challenge by the RSPB of the consent by Scottish Ministers for four offshore windfarm projects in the Firths of Forth and Tay. Windfarm delay puts skilled jobs at risk
Sparks fly over cable for university windfarm – Fife Today
Liz Rougvie St Andrews University has dismissed claims by campaigners that a proposed 33,000 volt cable at Kenly windfarm would pose a health risk. Protesters against the windfarm plan voiced ‘shock and horror’ after a report appeared to suggest that two such cables would run within a few feet of Read more