Independent TD for Donegal Thomas Pringle said local communities “cannot count on government to support their interests over developers” as he spoke about the peat slippage at the Meenbog wind farm site. The deputy has called for it to be a requirement of developers to pay for independent environmental assessments Read more
SHETLAND Islands Council’s natural heritage officer believes the loss of peatland associated with the creation of a wind farm in Yell would be “contrary to current Scottish Government planning policy”. It is the latest show of concern over the location of the proposed 23-turbine Energy Isles wind farm. The Scottish Read more
Please see attached for draft Minutes from the meeting. 6. Matters raised by Stakeholders’ (SAS) (a) Aileen Jackson raised the issue of people who live in rural areas with virtually useless broadband being alienated and left out of the planning process. It is a statutory requirement for the public to Read more
Dumfries and Galloway Council is to raise objections with Scottish Ministers over a controversial windfarm proposal. And that could lead to a public inquiry into Community Windpower Limited’s Sanquhar II plans for 44 turbines on the 2,728 hectares of land in Upper Nithsdale. Formal objections have already been sent to Read more
RENEWABLE energy heavyweight Vattenfall has said Scotland leads the way in the UK in terms of its attractiveness to windfarm developers as it announced plans for a big project in Argyllshire. Vattenfall proposes to build a windfarm featuring around 26 turbines five miles south of Oban that it reckons would Read more