John Constable, of the Renewable Energy Foundation, a charity, said: “Under Ed Miliband, the electricity consumer has been consistently sacrificed to meet arbitrary targets and favour wind and solar generators through over-generous subsidies and scandalous constraint payments. When the UK’s climate policy collapses, politicians, Ed Miliband prominent among them, will Read more
I watched Wednesday’s Holyrood debate on the attempt to railroad miles of pylons and square miles of substations through north-east Scotland and lack of consultation with campaign groups. The night before SSEN didn’t turn up at a Stonehaven Community Council meeting on the topic and neither did local MSP and Read more
Two letters in the Herald today in response to our letter on Wednesday from our Chairman Graham Lang and the other from Sarah Burchell. Energy Strategy is not achievable THE letters from Graham Lang and Sarah Burchell (January 22) were timely. As I write (January 22), the 30GW of installed Read more
The UK Labour government, led by a former human rights lawyer, has now announced that it is going to ride roughshod over the human rights of anyone objecting to national infrastructure projects. The Guardian headline tells us that “Legal challenges to infrastructure plans to be blocked in Starmer growth push”. Read more
Sutherland’s leading councillor has described the Scottish Government’s decision to give the go-ahead to the Strath Oykel wind warm as a “a severe disappointment”. Cllr Richard Gale, who represents the East Sutherland and Edderton ward and who is chairman of Sutherland County Committee, made the comments at a meeting of Read more
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Debate: Ensuring that Communities are at the Heart of the Electricity Consenting Process https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meeting-of-the-parliament-accessible-january-22-2025?clip_start=16%3A01%3A27&clip_end=17%3A10%3A07&fbclid=IwY2xjawH_hyFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHf0ecqm0up2L3ZhtAL8RRIDzd0RJlNBl8iSF5SsR7W4uSctzrzxb9V0xyQ_aem_R4OmPtwp0vxZogg-9pe4yw
Scotland has its own legal and Judicial Review system. Major infrastructure projects like nuclear power stations, railway lines and wind farms will be built faster under new planning rules, the government has pledged. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Nimby (Not in My Back Yard) “blockers” of major infrastructure projects Read more
PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms This Petition has now been live for four years during which time there has been a change in English planning policy. That is irrelevant; the aim of this Petition is to increase the ability of communities to Read more