A Highland councillor has claimed there is a growing risk of a “21st-century Caithness clearances” following the Scottish Government’s decision to approve a wind farm that had generated widespread local opposition. Councillor Matthew Reiss accused government ministers of “riding roughshod” over the wishes of the community by giving consent for Read more
Aviation safeguarding lights just coming on at twilight. Neilston and Middleton wind farms in East Renfrewshire.
Scaled down plans for wind farm near Grantown to be submitted later in 2021 Revised plans for a wind farm near Grantown are expected to be lodged with Scottish Ministers towards the end of this year, the developers have said. Swedish stated-owned energy giant Vattenfall has reduced the number of Read more
East Ayrshire Council Please note that no documents are available at the moment but keep checking! 21/0092/PP | Erection of up to nine wind turbines of up to a maximum tip height of 145 metres, and associated infrastructure. | Polquhairn Wind Farm B7046 From Sinclairston To U728 Glenconner Skares Read more
Don’t all laugh at once! LEAH MACRAE, ACTOR River City star Leah MacRae loves Whitelee Windfarm How often do you visit? At least once a week. Sometimes more. But I try not to go too often because I want it to stay special. How did you discover it? Where my Read more
3 good letters in the Scotsman today. A lot of wind? Lorna Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Greens and an engineer with Orbital Marine Power, writes as though Scotland, with 0.15 of global emissions, can solve the world’s climate problems (Perspective, 3 April). She says that 82 per cent of Read more
Fred Olsen Renewables has welcomed the approval by Scottish Ministers of its application to develop Windy Standard III Wind Farm in Dumfries and Galloway. The firm has been involved with the wind farm, located North East of Carsphairn and 10km south of New Cumnock, since 1996. It currently consists of Read more
A PLAN to erect a string of 150m high wind turbines between Largs and Skelmorlie has been rejected by council planners – after a meeting heard it breached TEN policies in the local development plan. Rigghill Windfarm Ltd were looking to build 10 wind turbines with a maximum blade tip Read more