The mess is so total and complete that it would be advisable for future British Right-wing governments, despite their commitment to saner energy policies, not to promise any major immediate consumer relief on energy bills. Fixing this will take decades. Britain, like much of Europe, has got itself in such Read more
The Forsinain Forest Wind Farm is an 86 megawatt scheme proposed for land three kilometres north of Forsinard and 16 kilometres south of Melvich. The company behind the plans says that the site “sits predominantly within non-native commercial forestry and fully outwith the Flow Country Unesco World Heritage Site”. It Read more
On behalf of SAS, I wrote recently to the Scottish Government’s PARD (Planning Architecure and Regeneration Directorate), which includes Scotland’s Chief Planner, about the ability of local authorities to unilaterally change planning conditions or not enforce a breach of a planning condition – which as we know are imposed on Read more
Campaigners are angry over plans to build a huge energy park in one of Perthshire’s hidden beauty spots. Developers Eurowind Energy Limited want to build eight wind turbines with blade tips up to 200 metres high on land within the Abercairny Estate near Crieff. The site would be visible from Read more
We’re on a roll! It is revealing that the Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland views local opposition to renewable energy infrastructure not through the lens of local democracy, but through anxiety for his beloved net zero project. Alistair Carmichael asks whether net zero goals can be realised Read more
A Fife family fears a planned 600MW data centre on their doorstep will spook their horses and endanger their children. Russell and Adele Seath’s home is the closest to the Auchtertool farmland earmarked for the massive £5 billion development. And they are among an estimated 14,000 people to lodge official Read more
he council has been challenged over the renting of land for a “pittance” to a “multinational company”. Electricity firm SSE Generation Ltd lease Cathkin Braes Country Park for £3,000 annually from the council for a windfarm. Councillor Jim Kavanagh described the tenant as a “multi national company” with “money galore”. Read more