Kilberry Wind Farm – Pre Application Argyll & Bute The Site is situated within existing forestry in the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll, west of the B8024 and approximately 4.5 km northwest of Tarbert in Argyll and Bute ECU00003230 19 x 230m turbines http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00003230&fbclid=IwAR3WHVwvdMN1MzKckcHzzQLv4FkfllSvAeMsTxu9p2HhItVPQZYVbLP_ix0
A £1.2 billion subsea electricity cable was out of action for a month, leaving consumers to pay almost £40 million in compensation to wind farm companies. The Western Link interconnector tripped from February 15 to March 13 in the latest failure since it came onstream in 2018. Stretching from Hunterston, Read more…
Good article in the Sunday Times. Could anyone who has a subscription to the Times and is able to leave a comment, please do so? SAS raised this concern last year at the DPEA Stakeholders’ Forum but due to Covid, any action has been delayed. We have another meeting next Read more…
Bribery over wind farms MUIRHALL Energy plans to develop a giant wind farm featuring up to 75 turbines near Teviot, six miles from Hawick (“Plans for giant wind farm unveiled amid strong investor interest in Scotland”, The Herald, March 17). As is now the regular situation, the company dangles a Read more…
The North Sea off Suffolk could be facing “irreversible wildlife losses” because of the impact on its environment of the growing number of windfarms. RSPB policy officer Helen Quayle told a Parliamentary sub-committee that the energy industry was destroying habitats and food sources. The House of Lords EU Environment sub-committee Read more…
SAS has now submitted their Petition to the Scottish Parliament. Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to bring planning legislation for the determination of wind farm developments in line with that of England and to find a way to restore “equality of arms” in the planning Read more…
An additional resource for tracking wind farms in the planning process – Onshore and Offshore Wind Pipeline (December 2020) (scottishrenewables.com)
A local wind farm group is racing against a deadline to raise awareness of a planned development near Brora which it is claimed will completely overshadow the community and affect the wider area. Loth Residents are an independent group formed in 2012 to protect the northern section of the Loch Read more…