PEEBLES could benefit from a £500,000 community benefit package if two controversial wind farms are given the go-ahead, according to a community council member. Malcolm Bruce entered into talks with development managers regarding the community funding that will be generated from the proposed wind power sites at Scawd Law near Read more…
A major overhaul of the way wind farms are given the go-ahead in the UK is needed to ensure that local firms are guaranteed work to build them, MSPs have said. An inquiry into the demise of BiFab (Burntisland Fabrications Limited) has also criticised the Scottish Government and the Canadian Read more…
A word of warning for those of you who are scrutinizing wind turbine/farm applications at the moment or in the future. Blades are getting longer in order to sweep a greater area and generate more profit. DO NOT just look at the tip height; work out the clearance between ground Read more…
Installation of a wind farm comprising up to 14 wind turbines of up to 200m to tip height and associated infrastructure & Battery Storage. The Site lies along an undulating ridge adjacent to the existing Hadyard Hill wind farm. The existing Hadyard Hill wind farm is an operational wind farm Read more…
A Caithness councillor is seeking more details about a proposed wind farm off the north coast which he says would “dwarf” the Beatrice project in terms of turbine height. A planning application has been lodged with Highland Council for a development consisting of between six and 10 floating turbines around Read more…
Nature enthusiasts fear that a “wildcat wonderland” will be lost forever if plans to almost double the size of a wind farm near Huntly are given the go-ahead. Wildcat Haven campaigners appealed for Aberdeenshire Council to oppose plans for a 14-turbine extension to the existing 18-turbine Clashindarroch wind farm as Read more…
Bodinglee Wind Farm – Pre Application South Lanarkshire Council Ref: ECU00002212 The development of a wind farm of over 100MW but not exceeding 300MW on land at Bodinglee, located to the south east and south west of Douglas, South Lanarkshire. Turbine height 250m http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00002212&fbclid=IwAR3wpS3ndeJU5tySJmcTmGXAp4nEf8xfpygaqdLiHKtMCmtriBsaDIa3LsM
A huge landslide into rivers in Donegal and Tyrone which started on the site of a new windfarm has been described as “catastrophic” by the Loughs’ Agency. Thousands of tonnes of peat bog, trees and vegetation were swept into the Mourne Beg and Derg Rivers during the peat slide on Read more…