Development Of Wind Farm, Known As Drum Hollistan 2 Wind Farm, Comprising 7 Turbines With A Maximum Blade Tip Of 125 Metres And Associated Infrastructure – REFUSED Highland Council Reporter’s decision: I have found that the proposal does not accord overall with the relevant provisions of the development plan. I Read more
Scotland’s nature agency is standing in the way of insurance giant Aviva gaining consent to erect a 77 metre high wind turbine in Perth on its second attempt. Scottish Ministers overruled local councillors who granted Aviva permission to position a turbine at Pitheavlis on appeal two years ago after Historic Read more
The shocking North Planning Applications Committee meeting of April 26 granted a wind farm on designated wildland at Sallachy, despite many concerning objections from highly reputable organisations such as NatureScot, Mountaineering Scotland, the John Muir Trust, and SSE Renewables. These were either casually dismissed or ignored, writes Craig McQueenie. Watching Read more
Lairg Community Council should continue to have a supportive stance towards wind farm development in its area because of the community benefit generated, its chairman has said. Iain Thomson said that there might be a perception that the Lairg area had a greater number of turbines than other communities, but Read more
Britain will have excess electricity supplies for more than half of the year by 2030 as a huge expansion of wind and solar power transforms the energy system, a new analysis suggests. Energy storage technologies, including batteries and electrolysers to make hydrogen, will need to be deployed at massive scale Read more
5 wind turbines and associated infrastructure inclusive of battery storage of around approx 5MW installed capacity. https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00002070&fbclid=IwAR200nJMuYBNFbxEGMGkhhORXiGeLWfpyY7AeSl6kFYFtxgPJ_4D8MFowR4
SNP ministers have been accused of making a “calamitous error” by selling offshore windfarm licences around Scotland’s coast for a fraction of what comparable sites have been sold for. Kenny MacAskill – a former SNP minister who is now an Alba MP – said the country “has been sold out Read more
Power profiteers Wind farms, either under construction, or newly completed, in the North Sea all agreed to sell power to the grid at low fixed prices under the government’s “Contracts for Difference” (CfD) scheme. However newly completed wind farms are delaying taking up their CfDs because they can earn Read more