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.
Plans for a controversial wind farm in the Scottish Borders look set to be blocked, after the local council challenged a Scottish government decision in the courts. The government’s energy consents unit (ECU) granted planning permission for eight turbines up to 200m (656ft) tall at Ditcher Law near Lauder in Read more
British taxpayers are subsidising the energy bills of French households with the payments expected to surge under Sir Keir Starmer’s EU reset deal, suppliers have warned. France can buy cheap wind power from the UK, which is subsidised by British taxpayers, because of “wasteful” rules that allow energy suppliers to Read more
British households could be locked into some of the highest electricity prices in the world if Ed Miliband does not pause the development of offshore wind farms, a cost-of-living campaigner has warned. Will Hodson, a consumer champion, has called on Miliband to halt his drive to more than double offshore Read more
Residents of Iona are opposing a 91-turbine offshore windfarm proposed for the sea near Staffa and Iona, saying that the site is “top-tier sensitivity” and a “national strategic test case”, which will impact how West Coast seascapes are developed. “If this wind farm is consented,” said the convener of the Read more
A message from Paul Swift of Galloway Without Pylons regarding the Judicial Review https://gallowaywithoutpylons.org/judicial-review Paul is appealing the decision of the Lord Ordinary to dismiss the appeal. “I have just received answers from Scottish Ministers and SP Transmission to GWP’s grounds of appeal. I have included GWP’s grounds of appeal Read more
Plans for onshore infrastructure for a major offshore wind farm off the Western Isles have been submitted to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. The proposed Spiorad na Mara (SnM) could generate enough power to meet the average annual electricity needs of 1.2 million homes. Turbines would be installed about three to Read more
This route map lays out reform proposals for empowered community decision-making and the work needed to deliver it. SAS has made some comments (below) which might be useful to remember. A lot of words, some of them fine, but little practical commitment in the area that matters to us – Read more
The Bass Rock and Craigleith island in the Firth of Forth have been sold to the RSPB. Former landowner Sir Hew Dalrymple, whose family have owned them for over 300 years, said one of the reasons for the sale as to protect them against the “multiple threats” faced by these Read more