Planning was the top service complaint for residents of the Highland Council area last year. While housing tops the list of complaints for other local authorities, planning woes were the number one subject of complaint in the Highlands. In 2020-21, 39 complaints were made about the Highland Council to the Read more
Objections for wind turbine developments under section 36 Electricity Act 1989: EIR release https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100231437/
Renewco Power has been formed by a team of energy sector entrepreneurs and aims to accelerate the development of clean energy projects. It will have a focus on the roll-out of large-scale solar and wind farms across the UK and Europe. The new venture is targeting the development of assets Read more
THE DEVELOPER behind a proposed wind farm in the north of Yell has taken five more turbines out of the project. It means a total of 18 turbines would now make up the Energy Isles wind farm, should it be successful in getting planning consent. The wind farm is being Read more
COUNCILLORS have gone against the recommendations of planning officers by refusing applications to move the location of two proposed Viking Energy concrete batching plants. Councillors Moraig Lyall and Andrea Manson both spoke up against the plans at a meeting of the committee on Monday afternoon. Planning officers had recommended that Read more
Press release from the GWPF The Prime Minister needs to take swift and radical action to prevent the energy crisis from turning into an economic and social disaster. London, 20 September – The Global Warning Policy Forum (GWPF) is calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take swift and radical Read more
As Glasgow prepares to host the UN climate change conference COP26 in November, we’ve seen an increased focus on Scotland’s own environment and, more specifically, its natural capital and what we’re doing to safeguard and protect it. By Alex Irwin Natural capital is an extension of the economic notion of Read more
The Government is not complacent about the energy crisis but is confident there will not be any disruption to supplies, Alok Sharma, the climate change envoy, said yesterday. The first of those statements can only be true if the second is as well. If the coming winter sees power cuts Read more