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.
It’s not our electricity NICK Dekker (Letters, May 5) states that “Scotland has been, and still is, a massive net exporter of electricity to England”. He is wrong. The wind turbines in Scotland were manufactured abroad, brought here on foreign ships and erected by foreign labour. These turbines are foreign-owned Read more
Argyll and Bute Council has added its voice to those objecting to a wind farm application on forested hills between Tarbert and Skipness. Scottish Power Renewables Ltd has submitted an application for a 78-megawatt Earraghail Renewable Energy Development of 13 wind turbines, up to 180 metres high, to the Scottish Read more
Three Perthshire forests and a wind farm have gone on the market for £130 million. The neighbouring forests, which can be found in the Tay Valley, cover more than 6,530 hectares of land, according to estate agency Savills. The sale will be split onto two lots. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/4361767/perthshire-forests-sale/?fbclid=IwAR0klH2563zvgjDBwkTg9-zO4BiBAdH5C0dV0QH5pocN_ex8hmYtfO31t-o
Don’t leave energy to politicians THE news that the Scottish Government is obdurate in its resistance to taking a share of the UK’s plan to have by 2050, 24GW of nuclear energy contributing to the country’s energy needs, is unsurprising but seriously alarming. At present Scotland is importing 1.5GW Read more
Highland Council’s south planning committee has agreed not to raise an objection to a proposed wind farm in Fort Augustus. Power giant SSE is seeking planning permission for Cloiche wind farm, which would sit beside the existing Stronelairg site. If consented, the wind farm could power 11,000 homes from its Read more
SSE is seeking planning permission for a new wind farm beside the existing Stronelairg in Fort Augustus. If agreed, Cloiche wind farm would comprise 29 turbines with heights of up to 500 feet. However, the planning application has divided opinion. Local community councils have expressed concern but stopped short of Read more
We have been informed that our Petition to the Scottish Parliament will be heard for the fifth time on 31 May. You may wish to watch the meeting online at Parliament TV. We will remind you nearer the time. The agenda for the meeting will be available on the Committee’s Read more
Four private landowners could face being ordered to sell land to the windfarm operator with a further 16 facing having permanent or temporary rights to use their land granted to the company if the Compulsory Purchase Order is approved A bid to force land owners to sell part of their Read more