News Elsewhere contains mainly articles we have permission to republish from Views of Scotland and Country Guardian. You can learn more about these organisations by visiting: http://www.countryguardian.net/ and http://www.viewsofscotland.org/. Occasionally we will also post news from elsewhere on the web.
Utility SSE Renewables has scrapped a proposed electrolyser project at the subsidy-free Gordonbush onshore wind farm in Scotland, after failing to secure government payments for green hydrogen production. SSE had been one of the losers in the UK government’s first “hydrogen allocation round” (HAR1) for subsidies per kilogram of H2 Read more
Further to our Call for Action we have received some further information from the Scottish Government. As you know, our Petition to the Scottish Parliament calls on them to urge the Scottish Government to adopt English planning legislation for the determination of onshore wind farm developments (which would allow all Read more
“”The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has vowed to “get tough” on local people who oppose onshore wind turbines, while Labour’s goal to decarbonise the grid by 2030 relies on projects being connected swiftly. The government hopes to hit the same target by 2035. Tom Burke, the chair of the E3G Read more
Scottish Daily Mail By Claire Elliot HOMEOWNERS along the route of a 70-mile ‘monster’ pylon scheme could see the value of their property slump by up to 30 per cent, experts have warned. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) want to create an overhead power line stretching from the Read more
The SNP Government body responsible for protecting Scotland’s historic environment has been blasted after refusing to designate a site as being of “national importance” due to a major wind farm being planned there. It means that the site in Aberdeenshire could be destroyed by turbines despite being historically important to Read more
This View has been written by Midlothian View Reader Celia Hobbs I am grateful for the opportunity to contact the people of Midlothian about a planning application affecting Gladhouse Reservoir through Midlothian View. Penicuik Environment Protection Association, PEPA, supported Midlothian Council from 2005 to 2015 to uphold the Local Plan Read more
Scotland will be disproportionately hit by the financial burden of tackling climate change, a watchdog has warned. The Scottish Fiscal Commission said the Scottish Government would need to spend an average of £1.1bn a year to meet net zero, around 18% of its budget, to meet the “balanced pathway” scenario Read more