More on trees in the Herald today by David Bol NEARLY 14 million trees have been chopped down across Scotland to make way for wind turbines. The Scottish Government expects to be generate 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources this year – but concerns have been raised Read more…
Corriegarth 2 Wind Farm -Pre Application Wind farm located adjacent to the Operational Corriegarth Wind Farm on the Corriegarth Estate on the edge of the Monadhliath Mountains, approximately 15 km northeast of Fort Augustus. Ref -ECU00002025 http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx
Dr Merchant studies noise levels in the seas around the UK. He and his team recently produced a detailed map of where the cacophony is greatest. However, while it is difficult to confirm exactly how noise levels have changed in recent decades, he says they have probably increased overall. “The Read more…
Almost seven million trees have been felled in the north of Scotland to make way for onshore wind farms since the year 2000, according to new figures from the land commission. The figure is nearly half the 13.9 million total across Scotland. Grampian has seen 816,000 trees felled to clear Read more…
The Irish Government produced new draft guidelines for wind turbine noise in December 2019. This is the consultation response made by a group of acoustic consultants in UK and Ireland Consultation response
The Ninth International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise will be held in Dublin on 18th to 21st May 2021. The website will be updated with further info soon. INCW website
Consented Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm Repowering, Lanark – Erection of 14 wind turbines (maximum tip height 200m), access tracks, crane pads, other associated infrastructure, substation and energy storage compound. Total generating capacity of 84MW, plus ca.20MW of energy storage provision. http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx
It promises to provide unlimited clean, green energy to some of Scotland’s most remote communities while also generating much-needed cash for local projects. Hopes are growing that ambitious proposals for a £37 million community-owned windfarm on Lewis will make good progress after groups within the Stornoway Trust area started collaborating Read more…