A community group has officially opposed a proposed wind farm earmarked for the hills above Helensburgh. This week, Argyll and Bute Council also confirmed representations for the five 800kW wind turbines – which will stand 86.5 metres high to the blade tip – will be decided at a Planning, Protective Read more
The Scottish Government’s Minister for Energy Economy and Tourism Fergus Ewing will speak at a conference at Robert Gordon University (RGU) considering the future of energy In Scotland after the Referendum. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-energy-minister-to-explore-energy-after-the-referendum-at-rgu/
Communities Secretary calls in his 50th wind farm planning application for ministerial assessment, riding roughshod over local planning decisions http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2372094/renewables-industry-slams-pickles-over-50th-wind-farm-intervention
THE Little Raith windfarm extension near Mossmorran is dividing opinion with more than 100 objections and expressions of support for the proposal. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/09/24/510328-big-argument-over-little-raith-wind-farm-near-mossmorran/
Residents in Highland Perthshire had their first chance to explore plans for a new 25-turbine windfarm. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/plans-for-new-perthshire-windfarm-presented-to-community-1.592335
By Cameron Brooks Campaigners have claimed the Scottish Government’s attitude to onshore windfarms was partly to blame for the No vote in the referendum. Lindsay Ward and Pat Wells said they had spoken to several people who rejected independence because they were fed up with the Highlands being covered with Read more
A renewable energy firm has won its appeal against the refusal of plans for a 15-turbine wind farm at Solwaybank near the border with England. Dumfries and Galloway Council turned down the scheme because of seismic and radar concerns. Developer RES said both those objections had now been withdrawn. A Read more
Scotland’s renewables industry has set out three new ‘devolution’-demands for greater Scottish energy powers following the Independence referendum. Scotland’s renewable industry issues new devo-demands over energy