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Onshore wind projects are facing significant delays because of a constitutional quirk that means Scotland is the only part of the UK where abnormal loads need to be escorted by specialist road traffic police officers. In England and Wales, the UK Government’s National Highways agency performs the role. For that to Read more
DEEPLY controversial plans for a wind farm with turbines higher than London’s Gherkin in an iconic area of Ross-shire look set to spark a formal objection from Highland Council. The Carn Fearna Wind Farm Limited proposal seeks a 50-year permission for nine turbines, the largest of which would have a Read more
Under the Clean Power Action Plan and the connections reform that sits beneath it, only around 700 MW of additional Scottish onshore wind is permitted to connect between 2031 and 2035. Set against more than 10 GW already operating, and a consented pipeline several times larger, in practical terms this Read more
Aileen Jackson (Letters, 27 July) is right to be concerned about the proposed re-powering of Whitelee Wind Farm. Since 2010 Whitelee has received more than £165 million in constraints payments. In the first six months of this year alone it received almost £2.9m for not producing power. In two years Read more
George Herraghty hits the nail on the head (Letters, 24 July) with his criticism of the crushing Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) plan to repower the Whitelee wind farm. For local residents who had hoped to live long enough to see the landscape returned to its former glory, this is devastating Read more
Scotsman letters So, after only 20 years, the everso-sustainable Scottishpower Renewables Whitelee wind farm, sorry subsidy farm, has already reached the end of its short life (your report, 23 July). The owner’s claim that fewer larger turbines are more efficient is breathtaking, and shame on the Scottish government for falling Read more
The UK’s largest onshore wind farm is set to double in capacity as part of a £1.5bn project which could create hundreds of jobs. Under the plans announced by ScottishPower on Wednesday, Whitelee Wind Farm could generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 650,000 homes – more than double Read more
Developers have dropped plans for what would have been one of the biggest wind farms in the Borders just a few weeks before a public inquiry was set to start. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrv2089gq2o?fbclid=IwY2xjawTNWZBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe6vWh1vuMjBLLMfz-6IHb1HeVRVtHJRoQxTqiNzFOuPAAmD_xI5BOBNXghRE_aem_6nqTjS2YKM44VNdHjVzFUA