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Scotland’s overstretched police are escorting hundreds of huge wind farm parts every year – at a time when it has stopped investigating some crimes due to the pressures it faces. Slow-moving lorries carrying turbine blades more than half the length of a football pitch have become a common sight in Read more
Community members fear the option to have a public inquiry for Skye’s biggest wind farm will be taken away from them amid concern over delays to planning decisions. Developer Muirhall Energy hopes to build 33 turbines at 200m between Portree and Dunvegan on the Inner Hebridean island. https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/community-fears-right-to-public-inquiry-for-skyes-biggest-wind-farm-could-be-dropped-due-to-planning-delays-5412964?fbclid=IwY2xjawOPrY9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe8k7crbuZH4JT4NBZwu3cYcnvOWfTaXb3DhxYiXHJ0w-NuFAdcusgVP7Za7E_aem_F2k3vK6C020Dx9p0dI–kQ
The weather has turned very chilly. There is a thick frost on the ground, and a “beast from the east” may descend at any time. Still, never mind. Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, promised us that he would take at least £300 off the average energy bill, so at least we Read more
Well that was predictable!
COUNCILLORS have unanimously agreed a formal objection by Argyll and Bute Council to plans for a wind farm at Tayinloan. The proposal for the Killean Estate would see nine turbines, with a maximum blade tip height of up to 180m. However, it was agreed last month that the council would Read more
Angus councillors have opposed a controversial multi-million-pound ‘super-pylon’ project, calling it a “colossal” act of vandalism. The energy giant formally lodged plans for the multi-million pound overhead line scheme with the Scottish Government in September. If approved, it would see a line of 180-feet tall pylons erected along a 70-mile Read more
I have spent some time creating documents which provide more detail of the status of current live applications than the material I provide quarterly. I attach 4 documents. 1. The 20 schemes currently being examined at PLI’s. 2, The 8 schemes where councils have lodged objections but haven’t yet moved to Read more