February 2022

Scottish bill payers forked out more than £3m to switch off wind turbines in the country during the killer Storm Franklin in February. Figures from the Renewable Energy Foundation showed that 35 wind farms in Scotland were switched off on February 20 when Storm Franklin caused weather chaos. It was Read more…

Dame Joanna Lumley has warned that allowing two major wind farms to be built off the East coast of England could see an area of beautiful countryside “disappear under a sea of concrete”. Actor Ralph Fiennes, who was born in Suffolk, and Griff Rhys Jones, who has a home in Read more…

 It’s the hidden cost of our dash for windpower – thousands of decommissioned blades that are so difficult to recycle, they are just dumped as landfill, writes TOM LEONARD https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10558375/TOM-LEONARD-Graveyard-green-giants.html?fbclid=IwAR2BULgivYtfSWr8Fm53rhmwR0nTI1pmwqVDmxK89fmO9fnnLb1RgxeTZy8

Reminder – WIN-110-2 – Clashindarroch II Wind Farm , Clashindarroch Forest, Near Huntly, AB54 – Inquiry Session 1 starts Monday, 28th February 2022 at 10:30am https://dpea.public-i.tv/core/portal/home

Updated map showing how Upper Beoch Farm in the New Cumnock area is being surrounded.

Land 575M Sse Of Dykecroft B7086 From Boghead Kirkmuirhill To Deadwaters Bridge, Boghead, Lanark, ML11 0JB Erection Of 2 Wind Turbines (Maximum Height 100M To Tip) And Associated Infrastructure Including 2 No. 2Mw Battery Storage Facilities, Access Tracks And Associated Cabling *Case Update – 25/02/2022** The decision on this case Read more…

Scottish Borders The Proposed Development would have a maximum of 15 wind turbines, each with a maximum blade tip height of 200 m. Located at Wauchope Forest, south of Southdean https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00003426