May 2025

On 28th April 2025, we received a request for further evidence on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill https://scotlandagainstspin.org/2025/04/net-zero-energy-and-transport-committee-request-for-evidence-on-the-planning-and-infrastructure-bill-lcm/ Please see our response below. If you can find the time, it would be helpful if you could make a submission of your own.  The deadline is 19 May and responses can Read more

First minister John Swinney and his Scottish Conservative rival were both rebuked by Holyrood’s presiding officer as they clashed over the future of Scotland’s energy supply. Conservative leader Russell Findlay branded the Scottish government’s opposition to new nuclear power “nonsensical, impractical and irresponsible” as he said blocking such developments in Read more

THE Scottish Government has approved plans for a new wind farm and battery storage site. Plans for the Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park, which is situated at a forestry site on the east side of Glen Aray, around 4.7km north of Inveraray in Argyll and Bute, were approved by the SNP Read more

“One last piece of doom: the recovery of Spain’s grid in just one day is impressive. This speed is certainly due to the assistance of a large, stable grid reconnecting into the Iberian system thus allowing recovery in a series of stable steps as each grid area is recovered.” We Read more

Cllr Richard Gale took action after the North Planning Applications Committee (NPAC) agreed last Wednesday to withdraw its previous objection to the 79.2 MW Acheilidh Wind Farm in Rogart.  https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/councillor-intervenes-amid-dismay-at-shock-sutherland-wind-f-381037/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKBWUdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgOVtI8nS8knE5RsOoB0rPkAtyvXc57EBgFlnELKmGeNc5wqfSRkMZocAPqg_aem_p6E6SNmSmNMi3tOaQpXiKA

Household energy bills will rise to pay for a net zero upgrade of Britain’s regional power grids, Ofgem has announced.  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/30/household-energy-bills-to-rise-under-net-zero-grid-overhaul/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKArwxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHi1LGE_WyfPeeA9-7DlTDzFUW2qyeI6ZSABtd3J5E27jjf5TmTDbBB8Yskj9_aem_FozMChiQXmZE7dX-qqLwfA

he developer of a “highly controversial” wind farm proposal in a scenic rural community has been accused of reopening the consultation period for the development “by stealth” without addressing wide-ranging concerns. The Clashindarroch Wind Farm Extension project, led by Canadian energy firm Boralex, proposes building up to 22 turbines with Read more