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April 9, 2021

Skelmorlie windfarm firm ‘to consider next move’ after council rejects proposal – Largs and Millport News

THE firm behind a failed plan to build a string of giant 150m wind turbines between Skelmorlie and Largs say North Ayrshire Council’s rebuff is a ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate change. The council’s planning committee unanimously rejected the development at Rigghill, south east of Skelmorlie, after it was found Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 1 year ago

Golticlay would have been ‘binned’ under fairer planning system, says wind farm pressure group – John O Groat Journal

A pressure group says the decision to approve Golticlay Wind Farm in Caithness underlines the need for reform of Scotland’s planning system to take greater account of local opinion. Scotland Against Spin (SAS) has submitted a public petition to the Scottish Parliament calling for power to be given to local Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 1 year ago

Caithness wind farm campaigner challenges First Minister to listen to views of local people – John O Groat Journal

A CAITHNESS wind farm campaigner has challenged Nicola Sturgeon to “put her money where her mouth is” when it comes to listening to the views of local people. Brenda Herrick says communities in the far north and elsewhere in the country “are being ignored and their voices not heard” when Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 1 year ago

Bid for North Lowther windfarm scheme in Dumfries and Galloway could be subject of judicial review – Daily Record

A legal challenge is set to be the fresh twist in a controversial windfarm saga stretching back to 2017. The company behind the North Lowther scheme is mounting a court bid for judicial review of Scottish Ministers’ reasoning in refusing the proposal in January. Original plans tabled in 2017 earmarked Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 1 year ago

First power at Gordonbush Extension – JohnOGroat Journal

The generation of first power from SSE Renewables’ Gordonbush Extension wind farm in Sutherland has been hailed as “a momentous occasion”. It comes just a month after completion of the delivery of the 11 Siemens Gamesa turbines to the site, around 9.5 kilometres north-west of Brora. The final component delivery Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 1 year ago

Angus Robertson’s fanciful energy outlook _ your views – Edinburgh Evening News

I was left saddened and depressed by Angus Robertson’s vision of the future of power supplies (News, April 6). Again he produces the SNP myth that Scotland will soon be producing 100% of her power supplies from renewable sources “shortly”. Ironically two pages earlier in the same issue of the Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 1 year ago
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