Community councillors for Thornhill and Blairdrummond have unanimously objected to plans for a new windfarm in the Stirling area. Force 9 Energy has lodged a proposal with Stirling Council planners for five turbines at Shelloch Wind Farm in the Fintry Hills. The spot is two kilometres north west of Wester Read more…
BiFab collapsed in December when a plan to manufacture eight wind turbine jackets as part of the Neart Na Gaoithe windfarm off the coast of Fife fell through, with both the UK and Scottish Governments saying their hands were tied by legal issues.. InfraStrata announced on Friday that is has Read more…
Planning permission has been granted to build another multi-million pound wind farm in West Lothian. The application was approved on Monday February 8 to build the farm on land at Woodmuir Plantation in West Calder. The new eight-turbine farm will become the tenth to be built in the county since Read more…
Further to previous letters on the Scottish Government’s runaway policy on land-based wind farms, the SNP says it is “committed to supporting our communities to do things for themselves, and to make their voices heard in the planning and delivery of services.”What a load of hogwash, when it comes to Read more…
SAS have been invited to participate in The Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SPREEE) Professor Jack Ponton and Tim Harrison will represent SAS at this event.
The spread of wind farms across Caithness shows that Scottish Government ministers don’t care about local people, a campaigner has claimed. “We’re just a big wind energy generator, that’s how they see us,” said Brenda Herrick of Caithness Windfarm Information Forum. She argued that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scotland’s Read more…