January 2024

News just received that the next Hearing of our Petition to the Scottish Parliament will take place on 21 February 2024. We’ll post the link to watch the live discussion nearer the time. Please sign if you haven’t already done so.  https://www.parliament.scot/get-involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe1864-increase-the-ability-of-communities-to-influence-planning-decisions-for-onshore-windfarms?fbclid=IwAR0L6GdzqZnoo6M6cYd9Cc5wNWI3kNBQfbUeHJT6ZHSkB263TQhEha4cneM

The SIC’s new energy strategy has come out against largescale onshore windfarms. A draft version of the strategy has been published today (Monday) with members of the public invited to have their say. The 165-page document covers issues such as energy generation, infrastructure and use, along with considering the potential Read more…

The Labour Party needs to find at least £8 billion ($10 billion) to deliver its green-investment plan, a new analysis shows, underscoring why UK opposition leader Keir Starmer may be mulling changes to the initiative. https://www.energyvoice.com/renewables-energy-transition/wind/uk-wind/546468/labour-would-need-8-billion-to-deliver-green-plan-within-rules/?fbclid=IwAR3GgriO13_Fkxy4aH1yhW56CGt7W-15E7Fz4f9pdlP02LKIDUmzjN6tnpE

Humza Yousaf recently hailed Scotland’s offshore wind sector as “pivotal” for the nation’s future, but industry insiders say that the government is not moving quickly enough to capture the multibillion-pound prize on offer. Last year the Scottish government pledged to halve the time it took to get projects through the Read more…

For people in the offshore wind sector, Scotland is – to borrow from the title of Billy Connolly’s autobiography – “windswept and interesting”. The North Sea is one of the windiest places on earth and, two years on from the award of licences to build an armada of offshore wind Read more…

SAFETY concerns have been raised about above average radiation levels at a proposed wind farm development site in Aberdeenshire. Renewable energy company RES are seeking to erect 16 onshore wind turbines on the Hill of Fare, with a planning application already submitted to Scottish Government ministers  https://www.thenational.scot/news/24075437.concern-high-radiation-levels-proposed-aberdeenshire-wind-farm/?fbclid=IwAR2e9Ezev-C5z1vPmkl2bobDR-bZZ3l8gVrq06IYPE6zT9lpdfTxiWxBMGA

Campaign group Net Zero Watch has revealed that four major institutions have produced erroneous estimates of the cost of decarbonising the economy. Last weekend, the Sunday Telegraph revealed that the Committee on Climate Change had seriously underestimated the amount of electricity storage required for Net Zero, because it had not Read more…