Cree Valley Community Council has heavily criticised windfarm projects proposed at two sites withing its boundary. Members have lodged concerns over RES’ scheme at Blair Hill in Kirkcudbrightshire, north of Minnigaff, and Energiekontor’s proposal at Glenvernoch, north of Newton Stewart, with the Scottish Government’s energy consents unit. Combined, the proposals Read more
Vattenfall will face a judicial review challenge later this month to the award of planning permission by Scottish Ministers for its 77MW Clashindarroch 2 onshore wind farm. Conservation group Wildcat Haven has been given the green light for the legal examination in the Court of Session, as first reported by Read more
An excellent analysis of the work on the Viking windfarm by Roxane Permar. https://www.landscapeinpain.uk/post/some-sobering-facts-viking-energy-wind-farm?fbclid=IwAR3XnMC_NENXPGuNsxQ9pwfloAAiqrt3djRV0YIw5wFzzOUvUOVIs7R4DD4
An energy firm is being asked to investigate the safety of all its wind turbines after two broke apart during a storm. The Sunday Mail told last week how one in Ayrshire spun out of control during Storm Gerrit, causing the 34-metre blades to fly through the air. But around Read more
Plans for a wind farm in the Scottish Borders have been refused due to its detrimental impact on the landscape. The 45-turbine project, sited along the A7 between Langholm and Teviothead in Dumfries and Galloway, would have powered 325,000 homes, the developers said Scottish Borders council and Dumfries and Galloway Read more
Aileen Jackson from Scotland Against Spin welcomed the refusal of the Faw Side proposal but said other communities were mobilising to protect their local area after Mark Ruskell said most people supported onshore wind. Read on. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-green-msp-told-we-31811529?fbclid=IwAR15jFU4EiAQPS0o1aVDxdUUkNmdX2pp-Bb6jP23AcwvKK0bBasi9ZllXhI
National Planning Framework4 (NPF4) is now the planning yardstick against which all on shore windfarm (as well as other developments) applications will be judged . There are two key aims of NPF4, which carry increased and equal weight in terms of awarding consent. One is proposals which will ameliorate climate Read more
We had an early morning call from BBC Radio Scotland this morning wanting someone from SAS to talk about the decision on Faw Side and other wind farm developments with Mark Ruskell MSP of the Green party. Aileen volunteered. Obviously she disagreed with everything he said. The interview was at Read more