As expected, the next Department of Planning and Environmental Appeals Division Stakeholders’ Meeting has been cancelled due to Covid 19. We had hoped to bring you the Minutes from the last meeting on 4 September but as the Draft has not yet been approved, we are unable to do this Read more
Another pre application for Dumfries and Galloway. Harestanes South Windfarm Extension Wind Farm (Generating station increase of >10 < 100 MW Capacity) ECU ref 00002040 http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx
ONE useful result of the national lockdown is to give us a glimpse of the future that the Greens want for all of us: swathes of commerce shut down, limited imports, people only allowed out for necessary travel and to make restricted purchases of essential items. To get the full Read more
Some good news! Millenderdale Farm U48 From Junction A77t At Lendalfoot, South Ayrshire – REFUSED Erection Of 5 Wind Turbines, Meteorological Mast, Ancillary Infrastructure And Formation Of Associated Access Tracks The decision on this case has been issued. The case has been dismissed and consent has been refused. http://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=120399
Yet another application for the New Cumnock area in East Ayrshire. Greenburn Wind Park – Application ECU Ref No ECU00002037 Proposed development of 16 turbines each up to a tip height of 149.9 metres, battery storage facility, associated tracks and infrastructure http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0kLAmtLBeZGl6r_m2DbkSDRZWZUvcAFCG_XzB65h3xLO050749_vroWjc
Scotland could be home to nearly 4GW of pipeline wind capacity set to bid in the UK’s next contracts for difference (CfD) auction, which could see over 10GW of renewables enter the race for support. With the reintroduction of “advanced” pot one technologies including onshore wind and solar PV into Read more
Disruption to the UK’s wind market as a result of the coronavirus is expected to knock installations of new capacity throughout 2020.Analytics firm GlobalData forecasts annual installations could stand at 980MW for 2020, down from 2.47GW in 2019.Before the outbreak of the virus, annual installations were estimated to reach 1.22GW Read more