We know many of our members are just about to take part in an Inquiry for the first time. We hope these are helpful. Planning Appeals and Other Cases: Guidance on Taking Part, prepared by the Scottish Government. This is available as a Word document through a link from this Read more
A businessman destroyed a bed of wildflowers with power tools after rowing with neighbours who installed the community planter outside his house. Mike Hodgson, 54, a wind turbine company director, is accused of pulling out the colourful flowers less than 24 hours after the raised bed had been planted by Read more
West Dunbartonshire Council has objected to plans for a windfarm in Alexandria – with the visual impact on Dumbarton Castle considered a major concern. The plans, if approved, would see up to 10 turbines of up to 250m in height built on land at Auchenreoch Muir by Glasgow https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/council-objects-vale-leven-windfarm-33467172?fbclid=IwY2xjawEq1lpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeiBR9IcRk91sFjzHnxCHOPcjJFDiSx531U-TX8Vl6ioDBQnDxb-vfMUkw_aem_k6adOjN-eyikisdXNSfd_w
Developers of a floating windfarm have announced plans for a public engagement session to reveal details of their plans. ESB wants to build Stoura – a 500MW floating offshore windfarm around 40km east of Skerrries – by the mid 2030s. https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/08/13/public-event-to-reveal-details-of-500mw-floating-windfarm?fbclid=IwY2xjawEpqGBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHauToolLn7GdYrpzxsGATCrVM3QCeyuIQrIj78JXTjp_cm8FwaKASHatpA_aem_kMaQh7NX4p37FV1Me0YtAQ
GREENPOWER and one of the largest pension managers in the UK have announced a joint venture to co-develop the Barachander onshore wind project in North Argyll. The latest investment initiative extends the existing partnership under which Railpen and GreenPower are co-owners of the 46MW operational Carraig Gheal wind farm. Situated Read more
Within weeks, work is expected to begin on a 121-mile (195-kilometre) clean energy “superhighway” designed to channel green electricity from Scotland’s rich renewable resources to the north of England. https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/11/labour-go-ahead-for-march-of-the-pylons-promises-to-spark-conflict?fbclid=IwY2xjawElWtlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcMNSMR353i4jeJE0pyTa09DOhy0Zs-hPgjVC86v3I0SApNCCJTtTHIRsw_aem_KyJxYLu7epJPjlFiPpL1sQ
Ed Miliband’s mission to achieve a net zero electricity system by 2030 isn’t lacking in ambition. But even if he can muster the will and investment needed, the Energy Secretary’s plan currently faces a more prosaic barrier – the country’s creaking power grid. Despite huge wind farms coming online in Read more
GIANT wind turbines taller than London’s Gherkin building are to be built across Britain’s countryside after Ed Miliband rejected calls to impose a height limit. The Energy Secretary’s decision means turbines as high as 850ft can be built on hills and fields – far taller than the City skyscraper, which Read more