We have some news concerning the rumour that the Scottish Government may take over responsibility for the distribution of community benefit, which could potentially allow any community to claim a share, not just rural communities affected by renewable energy development. Knowing full well that it would take a while to Read more
Britain’s push towards net zero will temporarily push energy bills higher, Ed Miliband’s officials have admitted in an apparent contradiction of the Energy Secretary’s own claims.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/18/net-zero-will-mean-higher-bills-admit-ed-miliband-officials/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIh2qlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcRhEpVGaQk0_ul_2HpGL1kGwE1rNrP8FbsvVE2tE6n5YsgCkaWcvteOvA_aem__NV8nU9ppEwqOxXWsGsKLQ
Last year, proposed wind farms across Scotland, from Sutherland to Aberdeenshire to East Lothian, were opposed not only by residents, but by local authorities. These large-scale developments are approved (or not) by Holyrood, but objections from local authorities show the strength of feeling, often cross-party, against certain proposed wind farms. Read more
LABOUR’S hopes of turning Scotland into a clean energy superpower could trigger a ‘tsunami’ of wind farms being erected against the wishes of communities, campaigners have warned. The UK Government wants to double onshore wind, triple solar power and quadruple offshore wind by 2030. Ministers hope that by cutting red Read more
SCOTLAND is on target to meet its net zero ambitions without the need for a new wind farm in the Borders, a public local inquiry has heard. The inquiry was triggered last year after members of Scottish Borders Council’s Planning and Building Standards Committee formally objected to the proposed 14-turbine Read more
Sutherland MSP Maree Todd has been left in little doubt about the anger and frustration of local communities over the proliferation of wind farms in the Kyle of Sutherland area. The MSP was held to account at a meeting in Bonar Bridge Hall last night organised by the campaign group Read more
The chairman of a rural community council in Caithness has warned that the push for more and more large-scale renewable energy developments will “destroy the county that we live in”. Stuart Mills, chairman of Halkirk District Community Council, declared: “All the developers are in this to make money – that’s Read more
Officials have unveiled plans to connect new wind and solar farms to the power grid faster, which they hope will end years of gridlock for some projects. Regulator Ofgem hopes to scrap the current first-come, first-served approach to the grid connections queue, which has left some projects facing decade-long delays.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/labour-ofgem-ed-miliband-developers-britain-b2698039.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawIb7g5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbx_0h0yPzTL7UGLz1XSnZjSWiZYy2g-PE6Fl1aTGdc8Pg5Y5_IMoZQ6wQ_aem_P9ij1IJrFsMZY-9ZGXoZTQ