The UAE-based fabricator, which pipped Scottish firms to lucrative contracts on some of the country’s – and the world’s – largest offshore wind developments, like Moray East and Seagreen, has welcomed the awards announcement. On ScotWind, Lamprell chief executive Christopher McDonald said it will send “waves of confidence” for companies to invest Read more
Interesting Shetland green energy conundrum. Folk on zero hours, low or minimum wages, state pensioners (half the minimum wage rate), folk on the living wage and many just above, now face a doubling or more of their energy bills and ongoing for at least two years. This will suck in Read more
The £700m “windfall” the SNP-Green government have claimed from the ScotWind auction is “not very much money” at all according to experts. Crown Estate Scotland held an auction on Monday where they sold off a number of seabed plots around the Scottish coast to developers who will create new offshore Read more
A second council is being advised to oppose plans for a wind farm stretching across southern Scotland. The local authority in the Borders has already lodged its objection to the 45-turbine Faw Side scheme near Langholm. Now Dumfries and Galloway Council is being recommended to follow suit over the plans Read more
This seems a bit premature. Do they know something we don’t?! No decision has yet been made on Clauchrie WF yet an application for 3.9km, 132kv, trident wood pole overhead line connection with 500m long section of underground cable between Clauchrie wind farm and Mark HIll substation in South Ayrshire Read more
A leading charity has expressed concerns about the potentially devastating impact of ScotWind on Scotland’s seabirds. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland says the scale of new offshore wind farms could “accelerate some seabird species towards extinction” unless there’s major action. According to the Read more
Fishers have reacted with concern to the ScotWind announcement of 17 lease options to develop Scottish offshore wind farms. Responding to Crown Estate Scotland (CES)’s big reveal, when it named the projects in line to deliver a sea change in offshore renewable energy output, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) warned Read more
The following article was written by John Campbell QC by way of an explanation of the Easter Tolmauds court decision which we posted last week. It is attached again for those who missed it. In compliance with its statutory duty following complaints, a Local Authority issued an Abatement Notice under Read more