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.
What is the point of all the public consultations swirling around Whitehall and beyond? They are now an established feature of the policy landscape, trotted out by departments seeking cover for an unpopular policy or hoping to delay implementation until a more propitious political moment presents itself. There are currently Read more
A wasted opportunity WHAT a wonderful opportunity the Cycling World Championships have been to showcase Scotland’s scenery and boost tourism. How unbelievable that there are three wind farms in planning within a few miles of Glentress Forest, one of the showcased venues. New planning rules, which were part of Read more
Blair Hill Wind Farm – Pre Application Dumfries and Galloway Council The Proposed Development is located approximately 400 m east of the River Cree and 2.3 km north of Newton Stewart 22 x 250m https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004878 Glenvernoch Wind Farm – pre application Dumfries and Galloway Council 18 x 200m Glenvernoch, south Read more
HE VIKING Energy wind farm project is celebrating a significant milestone – the installation of its final turbine. Yesterday evening (Thursday) technicians successfully completed the installation of the wind farm’s 103rd and final Vestas V117 4.3MW turbine in the northeast sector of the wind farm. Turbine installation commenced in February Read more
Britain’s unpredictable weather forced it to buy record amounts of electricity from Europe in 2023, generating import bills of £2bn for the first half of the year, government figures have revealed. A combination of low winds and increased cloud cover dampened output from turbines and solar farms, while UK power Read more
A warning has been issued to the public as debris from a wind turbine fire may wash up along the Norfolk coast. A specialist operations team has been brought in to search for any materials that may have come ashore after the fire off Great Yarmouth. The Scroby Sands Wind Read more
ARDROSSAN’S wind farm could be here to stay – until at least the 2040s. The first step has now been taken on the way to increasing the lifespan of the wind farm on Busbie Muir – after a planning application was lodged with North Ayrshire Council. The application requested an Read more
Highlands vision When Sir Keith Starmer outlined his hopes to “marvel at the continued allure of the Scottish Highlands” (Scotsman, 15 August) he was obviously unaware that the SNP plans to increase the wind farm capacity in Scotland to around 60GW which, with the requisite plethora of super-sized pylons, will Read more