The company behind a bid to build a community wind turbine for Dunbar has appealed a local decision to reject it – sparking a war of wards between it and East Lothian Council’s deputy leader. Dunbar Community Energy Company (DCEco) had applied to erect a 56.3-metre-high turbine on Blackcastle Hill, Read more
Developers have dramatically withdrawn a planning application for Hill of Braco windfarm, north of Hatton, just days before it was due to go before councillors on the Cuchan Area Committee. PNE Wind UK say the decision is to give them further time to consider comments by key stakeholders and local Read more
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Developers have dramatically withdrawn a planning application for Hill of Braco windfarm, north of Hatton, just days before it was due to go before councillors on the Cuchan Area Committee. http://www.ellontimes.co.uk/news/local-headlines/windfarm-plans-are-withdrawn-1-3068454
HARD-UP families could see energy bills double to a whopping £3,000 a year, experts warned last night. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/425813/3-000-a-year-bills-on-the-way-as-energy-prices-rise-again
New figures showing barely active wind turbines have prompted fears of a rural landscape left scarred by inefficient wind farms http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/concern-wind-turbines-fail-produce-5821247
Onshore wind developers will have to work much harder to convince planning authorities of the case for future sites according to land agents Smiths Gore. http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/31/08/2013/140814/wind-turbine-planning-to-get-harder-warns-smiths-gore.htm