VIKING Energy says its focus remains on the 103 turbines it already has consent for after the chairman of campaign group Sustainable Shetland speculated that land near Scatsta Airport could become a “prime target” for a possible extension to the wind farm. The wind farm developer initially proposed 150 turbines Read more…
Scottish Borders Council area Notice is hereby given that Fallago Rig Wind Farm Limited (“the Company”) has been granted a variation by Scottish Ministers to the Fallago Rig Wind farm section 36 consent granted by Scottish Ministers on 9 November 2010. The variation grants an additional 5 years to Read more…
REFUSAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR CONSENT UNDER S36 OF THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 AND DEEMED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER S57(2) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE FALLAGO RIG WIND FARM EXTENSION, A POWERED ELECTRICITY GENERATING STATION IN THE COUNCIL AREA Read more…
Increasingly, the Nimby (“not in my back yard”) sentiment that often drives homeowners to protest a planned landfill or wind commercial development near them is being directed at renewable energy projects. (Bloomberg Businessweek) Sweden—the country that brought the world 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg—is aiming to zero out greenhouse gases Read more…
Private businesses can fuel a green recovery from the pandemic with billions of pounds of investment in wind farms without relying on government funds, the head of one of the UK’s biggest power producers has said. Keith Anderson, who leads utility Scottish Power, said that 100,000 jobs could be created Read more…
Highland councillors have been asked to raise no objection to Scottish Hydro’s plans for a 14-mile stretch of overhead power lines from a Sutherland wind farm to a substation. The line will start at Creag Riabach windfarm and end at the recently consented Dalchork substation. Planners say the development risks Read more…
British wind farms are now solving the same problems they create for the grid operator — and lowering consumer bills in the process. With fewer and fewer fossil generators left in the U.K. generation mix, and more and more renewables, the network is under strain. But more than 100 large Read more…
Scottish Renewables has called for policies to support a green economic recovery as it launched a new report arguing that every gigawatt of renewable energy installed in Scotland adds £133m to the economy and creates 1500 jobs. Scottish Renewables outlined steps the government should take to boost the country’s green Read more…