November 2023

Glen Lednock Wind Farm- Perth and Kinross https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004966  Pre App Beinneun 2 Windfarm- Highland https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004972  Pre App High Brenfield Wind Farm – Argyll & Bute https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004961 Pre App Breackerie Wind Farm- Argyll & Bute https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004507  Application Hill of Fare – Aberdeenshire https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004592 Application Longcroft Wind Farm – Scottish Borders https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004774   Read more…

Nearly half of adults cannot understand why the UK needs to import energy from abroad, research has found. The study, of 2,000 adults, found 44 percent think the country’s energy needs should be served entirely by solar and wind power, with 43 percent baffled that we don’t have more solar Read more…

A WIND turbine developer is promising ‘community benefit’ payments of almost £400,000 a year – if its plans for a site in North Ayrshire get the green light. Galileo, the firm behind the proposed Crosbie wind farm, has earmarked an upland site between West Kilbride, Fairlie and Dalry for its Read more…

A Section 36 planning application has been submitted by RES for a 16-turbine wind farm proposal at Hill of Fare in Scotland. RES said the 105.6MW project, located approximately 6km north of Banchory, could create a £150m boost for the local economy.  https://renews.biz/89658/res-submits-plans-for-1056mw-scottish-project/?fbclid=IwAR1z7mltzZjOBTzSmG4xzLZbbC9UDdotKO-2Blv_Obp0x6cd2c4kDUqi17w

  The group says Simon Howie’s wind turbine application is a step too far for his Dunning production plant. Neighbours have delivered a damning verdict on Simon Howie’s plans for a wind turbine at his Dunning HQ. Dunning Community Council says the proposal poses a threat to “the quality of Read more…

An extra 50GW of capacity has been made available to generators and battery storage providers to connect to Great Britain’s electricity grid. The Energy Networks Association (ENA) said this was substantially earlier than it would have happened had measures taken by the sector not been implemented. This has been made Read more…