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PLANS for a 14-turbine wind farm in the Borders have been filed with the council. The Greystone Knowe development – around 2.5 km west of Fountainhall – is a joint venture between ESB and Coriolis Energy, according to papers submitted as part of the application. Scotland’s current climate change ambitions Read more
Anyone watching Reporting Scotland last night at 6.30pm would have seen Nicola Sturgeon being interviewed in the Visitor Centre at Whitelee. What a great flicker problem.! A warning was given about the strobing effect before the video started. For all the people out there who didn’t know what flicker was, Read more
Through Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project, Orkney Islands Council is investigating three potential sites for council-owned wind farms in the county – Quanterness, just outside Kirkwall, Wee Fea on the island of Hoy, and Faray, an uninhabited island in the North Isles. The three planning applications, each for six turbines Read more
The go-ahead for Strathy South wind farm is a reflection of “the incredible levels of support from the local community”, the developers have said. Planning consent for the scheme – consisting of 35 turbines with tip heights of 200 metres – was granted to SSE Renewables by Scottish Government ministers. Read more
Knockcronal Wind Farm – Application South Ayrshire Council Section 36 Application for Knockcronal Wind Farm to construct and operate a generating station incorporating wind turbine generators, energy storage and associated infrastructure. 4.2 km south of Straiton, 11 km south-west of Dalmellington and 17.5 km east of Girvan, 9x200m turbines Hollandmey Read more
The collapse of Bulb Energy this week follows a steady decline in its promises to customers. Britain’s fastest-growing energy supplier set itself apart as a challenger to legacy energy giants by claiming to offer better service and energy that was cheaper and greener. But was Bulb as green as it Read more
A bid to extend the operational life of a wind farm in the Tweedsmuir hills has been approved by the Scottish government. It will allow the 14-turbine Whitelaw Brae development in the Borders to run for 30 years instead of the previously consented 25. Mountaineering Scotland (MS) criticised the original Read more
Stranoch 2 Wind Farm – Consented Section 36 application to construct and operate a wind farm with a generating capacity in excess of 50MW comprising up to 20 wind turbines and associated infrastructure, of which two have a ground to blade tip height of 140m, eight have a ground to Read more