Paris, March 9, 2024 – In a landmark decision, the French Council of State has ruled that authorizations for onshore wind turbines and rules for the renewal of wind farms are illegal. The decision comes after a legal challenge brought by the Fédération Environnement Durable and 15 associations. Scope of Read more
Developers are to be handed more cash to erect wind turbines and solar farms near towns and cities in a bid to get more power generation near to where it is needed. Renewable energy companies will be allowed to charge customers more for their power if they generate it close Read more
For the typical home energy demand in moving to heat pump technology and an EV from gas and a petrol car reduces energy consumption by over 60% but costs the same to run. In other words, energy just got 260% more expensive. If everyone followed suit then we would require Read more
Community groups and individuals in Caithness and Sutherland with concerns over wind farms are being urged to deliver an unequivocal message that “planning decisions should be made by local people and their elected representatives” – not by Scottish Government ministers. Campaign group Scotland Against Spin (SAS) lodged a petition in Read more
Argyll & Bute Development of a wind farm consisting of 11 turbines at 180 metres in height, generating approx 72.6MW including associated infrastructure and 4MW of battery storage. Ministers’ Decision Taking the above assessment into account the Scottish Ministers consider that the proposed Development would have significant adverse localised landscape Read more
In response to our Petition calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to adopt English planning legislation for the determination of onshore wind farm developments (which would allow all wind energy schemes to be determined by local planning authorities irrespective of size) the Petitions’ Committee wrote to Read more
Stephen Moreton (Letters, 29 February, 4 March) is a great advocate for renewable electricity generation, the most important of which is wind power, as the thousands of wind machines blighting Scotland’s hillsides show. Emeritus Professor of Physics Wade Allison at the University of Oxford is a fierce critic of Read more
Planners say butcher Simon Howie should be allowed to erect a 104-metre wind turbine next to his Dunning headquarters. It comes after Perth and Kinross Council received 79 objections to the plans. Neighbours complained about the potential for noise and other disturbance if the structure is built at Findony Farm. Read more