Thanks to Katharine Hay of the Scotsman for covering our Petition and the 50MW threshold Consultation.
A consultation seeking views on whether communities should have more of a say on large-scale energy projects has been published.
Renewable energy developments in Scotland reaching more than 50MW bypass local authorities and are considered, instead, by the ECU — the Scottish Government department responsible for processing applications for large-scale energy infrastructure.
The threshold south of the Border is 100MW, despite the average capacity of wind farms in England being much less than the average of 120MW in Scotland, according to campaigners.
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