Council U-turn gives go-ahead to Aviva wind turbine becoming one of Perth’s most visible features By Ross Gardiner Overturning a bid to block a 77-metre wind turbine in Perth is a step towards prioritising the planet, councillors have said. Perth and Kinross Council’s planning and development management committee rejected proposals Read more
By Jenny Foulds Plans for a council-run windfarm in Bonhill have hit a snag after a developer pulled out. West Dunbartonshire Council has ambitions to build its own wind farm at Pappert Community Woodland, with a private developer building another on land adjacent to the council owned site. Lomond Energy Read more
Case Type: Scoping Project Type: Wind Farm (Generating station of >50 < 100 MW Capacity ) Project Name: Kintradwell Wind Farm Status: Pre Application ECU Reference: ECU00001927 Planning Authority: Highland Council Agent: Roy Ferguson ITPENERGISED 60 Elliot Street, Glasgow, G3 8DZ roy.ferguson@itpenergised.com Applicant: John Appleton Renewable Energy Systems Ltd Read more
by Rita Campbell Councillors are being recommended to object to a proposed 17-turbine wind farm near Inveraray in Argyll when its planning committee meets tomorrow. Argyll and Bute Council is being asked to respond to a Scottish Government consultation on behalf of Coriolis Energy. The site of Blarghour Wind Farm Read more
DR Sheila George’s Agenda article (“We need to put land use words into action”, The Herald, August 15) is a timely reminder of the “relationship between climate, people and land in a warming world”. She correctly identifies the need to balance competing demands ranging from renewable energy to food production Read more
You may remember Heriot CC decided to appeal to the Court of Session requesting that the decision of the Reporter appointed to hear the planning appeal in relation to the Gilston Hill wind farm be set aside. This appeal was on the procedural grounds that the Reporter failed for a Read more
Europe onshore windfarms “can power rest of world for 30 years” By Berny Torre EUROPE can produce enough energy from onshore wind farms to power the whole world for the next 30 years, according to a study. British and Danish researchers found the Continent could produce more than 100 times Read more
The wind farm which contributed to a massive blackout was awarded nearly £100,000 in compensation after being ordered to reduce its output the day immediately after the power cut, the Telegraph can reveal. Nearly one million homes and businesses were left without electricity last Friday when Hornsea Wind Farm and Read more