Jody Harrison Reporter CONSERVATIONISTS have called for changes to the planning system after a £2 billion offshore project was given a green light despite expert advice warning against the scheme. RSPB Scotland said that its defeat in a long-running legal battle against the giant Neart na Gaoithe wind farm in Read more
The reclaiming motion is refused. Great result. http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2017csih67.pdf?sfvrsn=0 Our Post from 20 October Community Windpower Ltd appeal Judgement by Lord Doherty (Sneddon Law Windfarm)
By Kathryn Wylie A bid to build a 12-turbine wind farm near Bonchester Bridge was rejected by councillors this week. Leeds-based EnergieKontor’s application to create the Pines Burn wind farm on the Harwood Estate, unveiled last year, was recommended by Scottish Borders Council officers for approval at Monday’s planning and Read more
Perth-based energy supplier SSE and the owner of Npower are in talks about combining their operations to create a new company in the UK, it emerged today. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/sse-in-talks-with-npower-owner-on-big-energy-tie-up-1-4607292
A strong performance from ScottishPower’s renewables business was a highlight of Spanish parent Iberdrola’s third-quarter results, as the Scottish business also hit out again yesterday at the proposed energy price cap. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/business/scottishpower-renewables-the-star-turn-in-iberdrola-results-1-4608111
France has been criticised over an “outrageous” plan to build a six-turbine wind farm on a First World War battlefield where thousands of British and Australian soldiers were killed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/08/australia-raise-concerns-france-wind-farms-plans-forworld-war/
Pat Spence says she has been forced to sleep in her car after 180 turbines were built. https://stv.tv/news/west-central/1401787-wind-farm-turned-woman-s-home-into-torture-chamber/
Plans by a Cheshire-based electricity generator to build some of the world’s tallest wind turbine towers in the Borders have been condemned as being ‘one of the most ill-judged and deficient’ schemes ever put forward in the region. Community Windpower has put forward proposals for a 46-turbine wind farm, some Read more