THE Scottish Government has approved plans for a new wind farm and battery storage site. Plans for the Knockkippen wind farm, outside the village of Patna in East Ayrshire, were approved by the SNP Government’s Energy Consents Unit on Wednesday. Ministers took the decision in place of local authority East Read more
Conservation groups are urging ministers to reject plans for an offshore wind farm which the developer predicts will kill tens of thousands of seabirds. Five charities, led by RSPB Scotland, have written to the first minister to argue that approving Berwick Bank in the Firth of Forth would undermine efforts Read more
A Galloway resident fears fighting against windfarm proposals is having an impact on his health. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/galloway-resident-fears-fighting-windfarm-35115402?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ9YcxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHieidXMW-RjENwDnAeQ2lRgkGnb-dKDeEC0la7Mb3pV-HpZB5e67Zhl7Et7c_aem_FY-BmgTyjZuJN64u0P16xQ
“Britain is particularly at risk both because of its switch to renewables as part of the Government’s aim to decarbonise the grid by 2030, and a heavy reliance on imported electricity. In January during an anti-cyclonic period of no sun or wind, a black-out was only averted because of electricity Read more
The Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee is considering the Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. The Bill, introduced by the UK Government in the House of Commons on 11 March 2025, would change the law around planning and infrastructure to support ambitions in the Read more
Planning permission for France’s most powerful new wind turbine installation has been overturned by appeal court judges, who argue the project would leave local residents feeling completely surrounded. “Nothing can be done with the landscape, by planting or other measures, to mask the impact of the wind turbines and reduce Read more
A £2bn electricity “superhighway” linking England and Scotland is facing delays in a blow to Ed Miliband’s clean power plans. Eastern Green Link 1 risks missing its target completion date because of global equipment shortages. The project involves a 120-mile cable being built between Scotland and north-east England that is Read more
Mark Hodgson‘s latest on an issue we are all familiar with – climate change being shoehorned into everything. https://cliscep.com/2025/04/25/climate-change-ate-my-homework/