Highland council have voted to raise no objections to plans for a 125-turbine wind farm off the north Caithness coast. The West of Orkney Windfarm site is 31 miles (50km) north west of Thurso and about 18 miles (30km) off the west of Orkney. The Scottish government, which will have Read more
As many as 24 turbines could be built at a wind farm being planned for a site in south-east Caithness – 11 more than currently proposed. Renewable energy company RWE will host a public drop-in event in Lybster next week to outline a potential extension of its consented Golticlay Wind Read more
Residents in in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, where a massive ‘electricity motorway’ of new pylons is planned, hit out at compensation proposal as ‘a joke’. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-homes-devalued-40-monster-34840859?fbclid=IwY2xjawI-MmZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeqFS7JuU20B0SLala9sb5hif8IsBHRgClW7Lb7fwWhT8ysOyDg6qAeKEQ_aem_u1SwrmtZ3FwhQMJUYL2eBg
Scotsman letters So, here we are with our politicians supposed to be “saving the planet” – “Energy bill discount for UK residents living near new pylons, but cost hikes to pay for it” (Scotsman 11 March). Landscapes trashed with thousands of wind turbines and pylons bristling on hillsides and once Read more