If you feel exhausted to receive yet another email from our campaign, think how we feel in Straiton, where yet another of the five major windfarm applications near our village has gone in to the Energy Consents Unit of the Scottish Government. This one is Glenmount, planned by RWE (Npower). Read more
Dear All Just a short while ago Falk Renewables were refused permission for a wind farm on iconic Ben Wyvis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wyvis). They didn’t appeal because of the strength of public feeling against it. That doesn’t stop other developers chancing their luck and here we have two. Apologies for the late Read more
We are a small beleaguered community in the shadow of Whitelee windfarm – the largest onshore windfarm in Europe, – in need of help!. This is a part of the impact of Whitelee on my home and yes, I can hear the turbines (see featured image above). As if this Read more
Scottish Power has announced dropping development of their proposed TIREE (Argyll) Array. The proposed TIREE (Argyll) Array was to be the largest offshore wind farm in Europe. NO TIREE ARRAY (NTA), was formed in 2010 to resist the development of this proposed offshore windfarm/array. Had the Tiree(Argyll) Array been developed, Read more
Work has begun on Scotland’s first 100% community-owned wind energy project in Dingwall. Site preparation work is underway with trenches being dug and cables laid at the site at Knockbain Farm, just above the town of Dingwall. The Dingwall Wind Co-op, which will own and manage a 250kW wind turbine, Read more
Large swathes of Britain will be opened up for shale gas drilling under plans due to be announced next week, with local communities promised £100,000 in benefits for every well subjected to fracking – even if no gas is produced. Ministers are preparing to identify thousands of square miles of Read more
PLANS to give communities more of a say over wind turbine proposals are deeply flawed and will make smaller farm-based renewable energy schemes prohibitively expensive for farmers, an expert has warned. James Davis, who heads the planning team at property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall, which advises landowners on renewable energy schemes. Read more
A WIND Farm developer has pledged cheaper electricity for more than 1200 homes should their plan be accepted. RES have proposed a 17 turbine project at Keirs Hill, Patna and they say the properties could be eligible for an annual electricity discount of £118 if the development becomes operational. RES’ Read more