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Variation – Cairn Duhie Wind Farm Application to vary conditions 1 (Duration of the Consent, from 30 to 32 years) and 2 (Commencement of Development, from a period of 3 years to 6 years from consent) of the consent granted under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for Cairn Read more
The SNP and the Scottish Greens have agreed to hold an independence referendum within the first half of the five-year parliamentary term. It comes after Ms Sturgeon announced the pair will co-operate at Holyrood on key areas like the environment and economic development. Energy formed a key part of the Read more
SAS will be attending the next DPEA Stakeholders’ meeting on 2 November. If you have any issues which you would like us to raise, please let us know by 18 October. FYI, the notes from our last meeting in April can be found here https://scotlandagainstspin.org/2021/04/dpea-stakeholders-meeting-28-april-2021-2/?fbclid=IwAR0DuLtFw4E_Jj00gA7JW4FsJ7CB9CLfykDH2lQbwcKnpct4-oQINt7KVMg
We have just been notified that the meeting agenda for the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee meeting on Wednesday 1 September has now been agreed and includes consideration of Scotland Against Spin petition PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms. https://scotlandagainstspin.org/2021/08/petition-submissions-available-for-viewing/ The Convener Read more
More details for plans for a new wind farm with towering 185 metres high on the Dava Moor are to be unveiled next week. Fred Olsen Renewables is behind the proposals first announced in February to develop Lethen Wind Farm around 10 kilometres north-east of Grantown. The proposed new wind Read more
SE Renewables has filed an application with the Scottish Government to extend the Bhlaraidh Wind Farm by adding up to 18 turbines next to the project site. The company has proposed to install the turbines east of the existing wind farm near Invermoriston, south-west of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Read more
Subsidised wind farms are being required to pay millions of pounds back to the state amid a jump in electricity prices that has made them more commercially lucrative. Renewable power developers have paid back almost £4m since April last year, marking the first time they have paid any money back Read more
Crucial planning process is being passed onto Scottish Government due to local councils failing to adjudicate in time – with situation described as a ‘democratic deficit’. An investigation by David Bol Campaigners have raised fears over a “democratic deficit” after new statistics revealed that on dozens of occasions SNP ministers Read more