A single pinch point on the network that carries green energy generated in Scotland south of the border could increase the amount consumers pay to fire up gas-powered plants and switch off wind farms more than threefold to £2.2 billion by the end of the decade, analysis suggests Constraints on Read more…
SAS is grateful to the Minister for his response. We are aware of the Investing in Planning Consultation. We will make a submission in due course lobbying that local support is a key material consideration in the decision-making process, before an application can be consented. This must be introduced at Read more…
The spreadsheet below sets out progress on renewables between 2013 and 2023. The columns indicate the following. As the data began in March 2013 an assessment of the annual position is made for March. A. Date when data published – the data gives the position 3 months earlier. B. Read more…
No rural benefit Tom Ballantine (letter of March 2) made the claim that “the wider costs and benefits of the higher charges arising from the use of wind farms in place of cheaper fossil fuels for generating electricity” were ignored by those in rural Scotland. Once more this highlights Read more…
NEW figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal that the estimated number of jobs created in the low carbon and renewable sectors in Scotland contracted over the last year. Overall, low carbon and renewable energy employment was estimated to stand at 25,700 in 2022: substantially down from Read more…
A public inquiry will be held over a proposed wind farm in Moffat after councillors objected to the plans. At Dumfries and Galloway Council’s planning committee last week, elected members voted to raise a formal objection with Scottish Government ministers to the Scoop Hill wind farm plans. Community Wind Power Read more…
THE public are generally aware that the key sources of renewable energy including wind and solar are variable and intermittent which results in their needing back-up when supply cannot meet demand or indeed when renewables output frequently collapses and such back-up includes the running of quick-responding gas turbine generation and Read more…
A wind farm comprising up to 8 turbines to a maximum tip height of 185m, associated tracks, substation & control building, meteorological mast, 2 borrow pits, temporary construction compound and 30MW energy storage compound. For clarity Planning permission under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 was granted by Read more…