We hope you all managed to watch the Hearing of the SAS Petition by the Scottish Parliament Petitions’ Committee this morning. The Members of the Committee took all the responses from consultees and from Aileen (our Petitioner) very seriously and we were very encouraged by their response. Fergus Ewing’s apart. Read more
Angus Robertson has used a bogus wind farm claim at least four times when talking to officials from foreign governments in an attempt to boost his party’s flagging Scexit case. The SNP’s own “foreign secretary” Angus Robertson was previously blasted after it was revealed he used his foreign jollies to Read more
Can we remind everyone that our Petition PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms will be discussed for the fourth time tomorrow morning at 9.30am by the Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee. You can watch the proceedings live at https://www.scottishparliament.tv/
National Grid forked out £82m to operators of wind farms last month to constrain supplies and reduce output amid blustery conditions, to prevent the UK’s energy network from being overwhelmed. This is on top of £122m it has paid out over the first 11 months of 2022 – as part Read more
The No Ring of Steel campaign group is fighting two more huge wind farms in the Strath Oykel region of Sutherland as SNP/Green ministers ramp up their zeal for turbines https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/comment/protecting-scotlands-beautiful-wild-countryside-28960942?fbclid=IwAR0OguEBrwRPmJAJH0JgGG2CIXN6Jd6m3nWMcL_0OK9Mr_T4pg6DGxT5iXw
SCOTLAND’S wild landscape is set to be hit by hundreds of super-wind turbines being proposed across the country that are up to four times the height of the original schemes. The Herald on Sunday can reveal that there are at least 14 major wind farm proposals that have bypassed local Read more
Wind’s downsides It would appear that Barry Hughes (Letters, 12 January) has not factored in the danger from wind power that arises when a lack of wind results in no output to provide light and heat for schools, hospitals and care homes, a problem that more than offsets difficulties Read more
Very helpful for anyone fighting a wind farm at the moment. Wind stats January 2023-4 Policy 11 – Energy-1