A FIVE-YEAR extension to a Tweeddale wind farm has been given the green light by the Scottish Government. In 2017, the 14-turbine Whitelaw Brae development in the Tweedsmuir hills was granted an operational life of 25 years, despite concerns over its visual impact. And now the turbines – which stand Read more…
PLANS for a 14-turbine wind farm in the Borders have been filed with the council. The Greystone Knowe development – around 2.5 km west of Fountainhall – is a joint venture between ESB and Coriolis Energy, according to papers submitted as part of the application. Scotland’s current climate change ambitions Read more…
Anyone watching Reporting Scotland last night at 6.30pm would have seen Nicola Sturgeon being interviewed in the Visitor Centre at Whitelee. What a great flicker problem.! A warning was given about the strobing effect before the video started. For all the people out there who didn’t know what flicker was, Read more…
Through Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project, Orkney Islands Council is investigating three potential sites for council-owned wind farms in the county – Quanterness, just outside Kirkwall, Wee Fea on the island of Hoy, and Faray, an uninhabited island in the North Isles. The three planning applications, each for six turbines Read more…