Glenferness Estate, near Ferness, Nairnshire Highland Council Background The proposed development is located on the site of the consented Cairn Duhie Wind Farm, which was submitted in 2013 as a 20 turbine scheme, with turbines of up to 110 metres in height. The wind farm received consent in October 2017 Read more
A cross party group of local MSPs recently wrote to the Scottish Government to make the case for land at the former nuclear site becoming the site of a planned specialist blade facility for the decommissioning, and recycling, of old wind turbine blades. Colin Smyth, Oliver Mundell, Emma Harper and Read more
UK energy minister on Thursday condemned the behavior of wind-farm operators who have routinely overestimated how much power they’ll generate — a practice that adds to consumers’ bills, according to electricity traders and market experts. Andrew Bowie was responding to a Bloomberg News report that found dozens of the country’s Read more
The UK is in the midst of a green energy transformation, with more than 40% of its electricity coming from wind power as of December. But wind can be unpredictable and the grid can’t always handle the power wind turbines generate on blustery days — and so to protect the Read more
Offshore wind also blamed for the “killing and injuring of sea birds” in this article. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24087023.puffins-thrown-lifeline-scottish-sandeel-fishing-ban/?fbclid=IwAR0s0NZ0of1fehkvfsbj0REYMa-mLa4r2c8c4U4i_-iRea93A5yBcVGUl3A
Scotland missed a target for offshore wind farm jobs by 90 per cent – with Holyrood ministers warned radical action is needed to secure the green jobs revolution. Economic think tank Future Economy Scotland (FES) said the country risks failing to create enough clean energy jobs to offset the loss Read more
News just received that the next Hearing of our Petition to the Scottish Parliament will take place on 21 February 2024. We’ll post the link to watch the live discussion nearer the time. Please sign if you haven’t already done so. https://www.parliament.scot/get-involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe1864-increase-the-ability-of-communities-to-influence-planning-decisions-for-onshore-windfarms?fbclid=IwAR0L6GdzqZnoo6M6cYd9Cc5wNWI3kNBQfbUeHJT6ZHSkB263TQhEha4cneM
Anyone can object to a planning application. All comments will be considered, but only comments which raise material planning considerations can be taken into account when an application is decided. Objections may not always result in planning permission being refused, because there are other factors such as the planning Read more