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Buccleuch has announced that it is to market a consented 210 MW pumped storage hydro system (PSH) and adjacent windfarm in what it describes as “a unique opportunity in the renewable energy space”. The project, which will be built on the former opencast coalmining site at Glenmuckloch, on the Queensberry Read more
The turbines have yet to rise above Limekiln Forest but already the landscape has undergone a transformation. Chopped-down trees are stacked up neatly beside the newly created access road, a long and winding stony track slicing its way through peaty ground. A huge area is being levelled to accommodate a Read more
Celia Hobbs has every good reason to be worried about the Greens’ manifesto (letters, 4 May). For anyone living in rural Scotland in an old stone built property, it is a disaster. They want all homes to be insulated to an acceptable standard by 2025 or the owners will be Read more
Scottish communities are becoming “overwhelmed” by applications for wind farms and feel increasingly powerless to fight against them, campaigners have warned. By Ilona Amos Wednesday, 5th May 2021, 7:00 am Many feel they are being surrounded by a “ring of steel” due to the number and giant scale of turbines Read more
Villagers fear 14 towering 200-metre high wind turbines would spoil their peaceful area. Energiekontor UK want to build the huge renewable energy machines on hills above Dailly along from the existing Hadyard Hill wind farm. The proposed Craiginmoddie turbines would be almost double the size of the Hadyard structures. Speaking Read more
NEW 200-metre-high wind turbines have been given the go-ahead, despite objections, after Scottish Ministers agreed it would take an impact of “overwhelming importance” to stop them. The new turbines in the Lammermuir Hills sparked concern from East Lothian Council after they included plans to put red aviation lights at the Read more
Laois County Council has refused planning permission for the construction of eight wind turbines just outside Mountmellick. In February last year Statkraft Ireland sought planning permission for eight wind turbines measuring 185 meters in height and a 110 meter high meteorological mast in the areas of Dernacart, Upper Forest and Read more
The Scottish Greens manifesto is not good news for Edinburgh. The Pentlands Special Scenic Area would no longer be protected from wind farms, only National Scenic Areas and two National Parks. The party would “Require all private sector homes to meet at least Energy Performance Certificates C at the point Read more