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CAMPAIGNERS in the Borders have welcomed a decision to object to repowering a windfarm which would incorporate some turbines the height of 46 double decker buses stacked on top of each other. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/plan-repower-windfarm-turbines-high-182959373.html
A legal challenge is being made to the Scottish government’s refusal of a wind farm that developers said would have represented a £1bn investment. CWP Energy wants to build 60 turbines up to 250m (820ft) tall at Scoop Hill, a few miles south east of Moffat. Following a public inquiry, Read more
A Scottish government policy designed to encourage datacentres to build in Scotland could lead to a massive volume of carbon emissions being ignored, according to an analysis by a Scottish charity. “Green datacentres” are at the heart of Scotland’s ambitions to develop economically. Enshrined in national policy, they are part Read more
SCOOP Hill Windfarm is back on the council’s agenda next week for reasons unknown, with plans to exclude the public from the meeting.The controversial 60-turbine scheme and a battery energy system proposed by Community Windpower Ltd (CWL), five kilometres south-east of Moffat, went before a Scottish Government public enquiry in Read more
This could potentially affect Scotland we are told as the Planning & Infrastructure Act affected us. The Electricity Act, used for OHL and Onshore WF is a UK act and affects Scotland.We’ll have to wait and see. Nothing definite yet. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is drawing up reforms to give parliament Read more
The Scottish Government says, “Conditions imposed on Section 36 consent/the approval of deemed planning permission can enable many development proposals to proceed where it would otherwise have been necessary to refuse the application.”Many of us know, to our cost, that planning conditions are meaningless unless they’re enforced and local authorities Read more
Plans for a wind farm near Loch Ryan in the south-west corner of Scotland have been submitted to the Scottish government.Developer Wind Estate wants to build seven turbines up to 200m (650ft) high about three miles (5km) north-east of Cairnryan.The site – immediately north of the Penwhirn reservoir – would Read more
The Government has privately admitted Ed Miliband’s wind turbines and solar farms are bad for the environment. Astonishingly, it shows for the first time that Labour realise the rush for Net Zero will come at the expense of the environment, but are pushing ahead anyway. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15824193/Ed-Milibands-wind-turbines-social-panels-bad-environment-Government-privately-admits.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawR2Uh5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeBE63DqXfSriqqOEAWuhntTM01zvHudw011axNkHWhk4mb4YLyOP_hGGxodg_aem_vyAjacPVpwqU-VMS3QQrJw