SOME delays are expected on the A7 this morning Tuesday October 24 2023 as a large blade is being transported to Pines Burn Windfarm. The blade will leave Selkirk golf course layby around 0930 and arrive at Hawick between 1030 – 1200 noon. It will arrive onsite between 3.30pm and Read more
Breackerie Wind Farm – Application Construction and operation of 13 turbines and associated infrastructure approximately 8km southwest of Campbeltown 13x200m turbines https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004507&fbclid=IwAR0pOD6M-vfUHSH0DYRWoyM42y2IFNE6T3BeHaQ9MSKaZBXMXhYTIv-aKgQ
An SSEN Transmission strategy, which it says is needed to connect several onshore wind farms in Scotland, has been approved by Ofgem. The UK energy watchdog has approved the Final Needs Case for the Argyll and Kintyre 275kV Reinforcement Strategy project under the Large Onshore Transmission Investment mechanism. The approval Read more
A follow up in today’s Mail from SAS’s story in the Scotsman last month.
Concerns Moray wind farm could impact water supplies Energy company Vattenfall is looking to build 16 turbines at Aultmore between Buckie and Keith. And a planning application is expected to be lodged by the end of this year with the Scottish Government. However campaign group Folk Against Mega Aultmore Turbines Read more
High cost The announcements by Humza Yousaf over a £417 million U-turn on council tax, a £300m increase in the NHS budget and £500m extra cash for the renewable sector only adds to the existing £1 billion black hole in the SNP’s 2024/2025 budget. If the Finance Secretary plans Read more
Wind-farm developers are lobbying the UK government to give them more tax breaks in the fall budget, arguing that rising interest rates and supply-chain costs are putting the viability of some new projects in doubt. SSE Plc and Centrica Plc are among the builders asking the Treasury to offer larger Read more
Scottish industry leaders laid out the challenges facing the industry from the rapid development of offshore wind farms and the pressures on the inshore sector in a ‘very constructive’ meeting last week with the minister responsible for both energy and inshore fisheries. The North East of Scotland Fisheries Development Partnership Read more