Reminder that the Crystal Rig WF Inquiry starts tomorrow morning, 10 March in the Volunteer Hall, Duns. The Inquiry will be webcast and you can receive notifications by registering your interest at https://dpea.public-i.tv/core/portal/home Application Under Section 36 Of Electricity Act 1989 To Construct And Operate The Proposed Crystal Rig Iv Read more
Rebekah McVey North-east residents have rallied together to ensure their voices are heard over a contentious planning application for two wind turbines in their community. Dozens of people from St Fergus gathered at a public meeting yesterday to discuss the planning application that has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for Read more
ANGRY protesters yesterday described controversial plans to build a wind farm on a First World War battlefield as revolting. Tens of thousands of British soldiers were killed during the Battle of Cambrai, with many of the bodies never recovered. Now businesses are trying to exploit the sacred land in France Read more
London pioneers first ‘virtual power station’ Trial using household batteries to support London’s electricity grid is being rolled out to help manage peaks in winter demand and reduce carbon emissions. From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP Ground-breaking battery trial which pays Read more
Fife Council is being asked to renew planning permission for a windfarm which has been held up due to a dispute between the University of St Andrews and MoD. In 2013 the university was given planning permission to build a windfarm consisting of six wind turbines at Kenly capable of Read more
A SCOTTISH Government agency has taken legal action to block the removal of plant and equipment from Britain’s only UK facility for manufacturing onshore and offshore wind towers amidst fears it has been ‘wound down’. Concerns have been raised about the position of the South Korean-owned CS Wind Machrihanish factory, Read more
A plan to create a new community-owned wind farm on Lewis to benefit communities in the Stornoway Trust Estate area is taking form. Eighteen community groups – including Community Councils, Grazings Committees and Residents Associations across the Trust area – have signed up to become part of a consortium to Read more
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seeking new technology to mitigate the impact of offshore wind farms on the UK’s air defence radar system. The MoD’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) innovation hub has launched a £2m (€2.3m) ‘Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence’ competition to find suitable technologies, which, Read more