We received a reply from the SG Onshore Wind Policy Team this morning in response to our question regarding the Consultation which closed at the end of January. Just in case you were all wondering why your responses hadn’t been published on their website yet……………. it is hopefully good news! Read more…
The Scottish Energy Minister wants to accelerate the deployment of renewables to deal with rising energy costs. Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, told ScottishRenewables Offshore Wind 2022 that now “more than ever” the country needs to re-examine its energy system. Matheson, speaking in Glasgow on Read more…
Stakeholders will be aware that DPEA has been striving to maximise proportionality and efficiency in its handling of inquiry cases. In doing so we have introduced a model timeline for the period leading up to and beyond inquiries, with a target of all such cases being reported on within 50 Read more…
In a letter to the East Lothian Alba MP, Treasury minister Helen Whately refers to the benefits which the Beatrice offshore wind project has brought to his constituency. But Beatrice is off Caithness – and Mr MacAskill believes she has mixed up Wick and Innerwick. He had been seeking talks Read more…
Sweeteners Alex Irwin, senior solicitor in the Renewable Energy Team at Davidson, Chalmers Stewart LLP, waxes lyrical about Community Benefit Schemes (Friends of The Scotsman, March 7, “Renewable Energy Projects can be transformational for communities across country”). She writes: “Community Benefit Schemes have been popular with developers who want Read more…