Planning appeal reference: PPA-170-2145 Site address:Cornharrow, St John’s Town of Dalry, Castle Douglas, DG3 4JD Appeal by Energiekontor UK Ltd against the decision by Dumfries and Galloway Council Application for planning permission 20/0159/FUL dated 19 February 2020 deemed to have been refused by the council due to the failure to Read more…
AS she is paid to do, Morag Watson, director of policy for Scottish Renewables in her predictable criticism (Letters, May 31) of Struan Stevenson’s earlier challenging article (“March of the wind farms is destroying Scotland’s beauty – but we can stop it”, The Herald, May 27) praises the benefits of Read more…
Aileen Jackson and Rosemary Milne attended the International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise last week on behalf of SAS and were overwhelmed by the warm reception they received from all delegates to their talk on Living beside Wind Turbines. More on that to come shortly. Other issues were discussed at Read more…
We all want to see real action on climate change. That means we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources, otherwise we won’t be able to cut our carbon emissions enough to reach net zero as a nation by 2045. Simply shutting down industries and factories isn’t an option. Read more…
Huge floating wind farms could be used to decarbonise emissions from North Sea oil platforms. Cerulean Winds, an infrastructure developer, has made a request to Marine Scotland to lease parts of the seabed for its ambitious plans. The London company wants to install hundreds of turbines offshore that could generate Read more…