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Once again a very well organised, informative and enjoyable conference on wind turbine noise https://www.windturbinenoise.eu/files/post-conference-report-2021.pdf

You’ll all remember Rosie Milne and Aileen Jackson attended the International Wind Turbine Noise Conference last month. The Post Conference report is due any day but we were pleased to see both ladies got a mention in Jack Pease’ Noise Bulletin this month. It was a brave move of organiser Read more

Onshore windfarms in Scotland must be built bigger if the country is to move away from a dependency on oil and gas, the Greens have demanded. The party has today shared a letter to the leaders of Scotland’s main political leaders from some of the leading companies involved in the Read more

Britain faces catastrophic power cuts because of an increasing reliance on electricity to run everything from cars to home boilers, the Committee on Climate Change has warned. Decarbonisation plans, which involve switching transport and heating away from petrol and gas, will mean outages in the future have a greater impact, Read more

The High Court has overturned planning permission granted to a subsidiary of Bord Na Móna for a windfarm development in Co Longford. The proposed windfarm site is located in bogland known as Mountdillon Peat Production Bog, near Lanesborough. In his judgment on Wednesday, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys upheld a challenge Read more

Improved quality video of the Middleton aviation lights

HETLAND Islands Council (SIC) acted in line with planning legislation when allowing the construction of the Viking Energy wind farm to get underway without a financial bond securing the cost for decommissioning and restoration of the site in place. That is the view of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, which Read more

Concerns over “radar safety” are adding to blocks in the construction of the Kenly windfarm. North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain tabled a debate at the House of Commons on Tuesday to try and end the impasse, which has seen a halt on development of the St Andrews University-owned site Read more