MORE than £2 billion is needed for the Scottish Government to deliver on its plans for a just transition, a new report has found. In 2022, 20 offshore wind projects received agreements from Crown Estate Scotland – a self-financing public corporation of the Scottish Government – as part of the Read more…
When Trevor Smith and his wife Dawn moved to the Cabrach, they thought they had found the home of their dreams. After falling in love with the tranquillity during four holidays in the north-east, they decided to make the massive move from the increasingly busy Isle of Wight. In summer Read more…
The Scottish Government has been accused of “burning through” 80% of cash it raised by selling off Scotland’s sea beds on the cheap. The SNP Executive has previously been lambasted for auctioning off valuable spots for offshore wind farms for a set price. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/cash-strapped-shona-robison-burns-32556926
A bid to build an almost 67 metre hub height (125m to blade tip) wind turbine near Neilston has been rejected after planners warned it would have a “significant” detrimental impact on the landscape. Officials at East Renfrewshire Council recommended the application was turned down as the “scale and design Read more…
Two years ago, Scotland was promised a renewables revolution that would have a “transformational” impact on the economy. Some of the biggest energy players in the world were behind bids for a new stake in the North Sea. Winners in the ScotWind leasing round claimed the rights to build the Read more…
These documents are partly to update previous data but also in an attempt to show the amount of capacity that is now being proposed by developers on S36 schemes. On several schemes there are proposals for battery energy storage so some schemes appear twice in some lists. Some of the Read more…
A single pinch point on the network that carries green energy generated in Scotland south of the border could increase the amount consumers pay to fire up gas-powered plants and switch off wind farms more than threefold to £2.2 billion by the end of the decade, analysis suggests Constraints on Read more…
SAS is grateful to the Minister for his response. We are aware of the Investing in Planning Consultation. We will make a submission in due course lobbying that local support is a key material consideration in the decision-making process, before an application can be consented. This must be introduced at Read more…