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April 2025

Scottish ministers approve plan for wind farm and battery storage site – The National

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

By SAS Volunteer, 12 months ago April 30, 2025

Plea to block wind farm over thousands of forecast bird deaths – BBC

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

By SAS Volunteer, 12 months ago April 30, 2025

Galloway resident fears fighting windfarm proposals is impacting his health – Daily Record

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

By SAS Volunteer, 12 months ago April 29, 2025

The Iberian outage is a warning to the UK – Telegraph

“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

By SAS Volunteer, 12 months ago April 29, 2025

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee – Request for evidence on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill LCM

  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

By SAS Volunteer, 12 months ago May 4, 2025

France’s biggest ever wind farm project blocked by court – Connexion

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

By SAS Volunteer, 12 months ago April 27, 2025

Electric ‘superhighway’ delayed in blow to Miliband’s net zero plans – Telegraph

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

By SAS Volunteer, 12 months ago April 26, 2025

Climate Change Ate My Homework – Cliscep

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/

By SAS Volunteer, 12 months ago April 25, 2025

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