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Finally, after almost a year, the UK Government have published their Inquiry report into ‘Building Support for the energy transition’ It’s a long and wordy document which takes determination and stamina to read, but if you’re interested, the conclusions are worth reading (p27). https://committees.parliament.uk/…/docu…/305189/default/ Comments from the public are included Read more
Opponents of a wind farm proposed for Olrig Hill have dismissed adjustments to the scheme as “cosmetic changes” and claimed that it will still “completely dominate” the landscape. As well as concerns over the visual impact of the four turbines, despite a reduction in their size, fears persist that a Read more
EDF power solutions UK has completed installation of all 20 turbines at its 102MW Stranoch wind farm between New Luce and Barrhill as the project moves into its final construction phase. EDF power solutions UK said Vestas and principal contractor I&H Brown completed the installation following the delivery of 189 Read more
A wind farm that could provide electricity for two million homes risks having “significant adverse effects” on the landscape and cultural heritage of Scottish islands, councillors have been told. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wind-farm-2-million-homes-132736668.html
A leading planning expert has quit Scotland’s professional body accusing it of “cosying up” to the energy giant behind a £29bn green energy grid expansion designed to transform how renewable power is carried across Britain. Ian Kelly, who had been a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute for more Read more
NEW figures reveal that, in the first half of this year, Britain wasted nearly £1 billion paying wind farms, 99% of them in Scotland, to switch off their turbines while paying gas-fired power stations in England to switch on. This “curtailment” cost arises because so many wind farms have been Read more
The mess is so total and complete that it would be advisable for future British Right-wing governments, despite their commitment to saner energy policies, not to promise any major immediate consumer relief on energy bills. Fixing this will take decades. Britain, like much of Europe, has got itself in such Read more
The Forsinain Forest Wind Farm is an 86 megawatt scheme proposed for land three kilometres north of Forsinard and 16 kilometres south of Melvich. The company behind the plans says that the site “sits predominantly within non-native commercial forestry and fully outwith the Flow Country Unesco World Heritage Site”. It Read more