June 2025

Around 30 people from associations across several European countries gathered on Wednesday at Luxembourg Square in Brussels, in front of the European Parliament, to call for a moratorium on wind farms and ground-based solar farms in Europe. https://www.brusselstimes.com/1611672/associations-call-for-a-moratorium-on-wind-and-solar-farms-in-the-eu?fbclid=IwY2xjawKuMRNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHu-0vZT77X6OQIux_mjHK9cNUgQBj9HCfiGC0AVFVNlUI9ECEQOn-t_d8VfO_aem_l1SFKiaQK4JfIDb1PihhRA

The chaos over the BESS application in Eaglesham continues. To make it even more complicated, the Chair of the Planning Committee (Betty Cunningham) sadly passed away suddenly a few days ago. It was her casting vote which allowed the second application to be consented. Ruling on a second bid for Read more

SAS was represented at the meeting by Rachel Connor and Aileen Jackson DPEA is particularly busy at the moment . The workload has increased significantly in part due to the number of short term let appeals which are likely to continue. Wayleave application appeals related to s.37 Electricity Act cases Read more

Part 3 of Katharine Hay’s Net Zero series in the Scotsman today. The public inquiry on Skye is in the spotlight today. “Ahead of the inquiry, a letter addressed to First Minister John Swinney, signed by more than 20 different community groups across Scotland, has called for a freeze on Read more

The second part of Katharine Hay’s article is published today in the Scotsman giving the other side of the story. Energy leaders say Scotland’s onshore wind capacity must double in the next five years. Mr Innes of Shepherd & Wedderburn said the onshore sector is “buoyant” with “a wide range Read more

Big article in the Scotsman today. Many thanks to Katharine Hay. Two decades on from when wind farms were first proposed in a community in East Renfrewshire, little remains of what the area once was. “It’s a wasteland now,” says Aileen Jackson, from Scotland Against Spin (SAS), a group that receives Read more

Ed Miliband is considering plans to overhaul green levies, which experts have warned would push up the average gas bill by £120 a year. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/31/miliband-plots-120-gbp-net-zero-gas-bill-rise/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKo6_FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhoydrpvG5jC0wzdMqhlNbGX2TdGo2fiYF51nFcfoxUHYpbNN8HrfJ_wYVpo_aem_VUmLFOLmXVV5pYUrNi4GyQ

Locals are accusing a Danish renewables firm of planning an “industrial complex” on a historic hillside between Perth and Crieff. Eurowind Energy Ltd says it wants to create a 100 megawatt “energy park” at Meallbrodden. Opponents say the name is “so bland as to be misleading”. And they’re suggesting “Meallbrodden Read more