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A local campaign group has raised concerns about plans to install a giant power cable between Shetland and the Scottish mainland, after a similar project hit difficulties. Frank Hay, head of Sustainable Shetland, said many residents on the island have “misgivings” about being dependent on a 200-mile subsea interconnector as Read more
ONLY one-fifth of onshore windfarm projects being considered by the Scottish Government have come from Scottish-owned developers with ministers accused of selling off renewable assets overseas. The SNP’s Energy Minister has boasted that Scotland has “unrivaled renewable energy potential”, with around one-quarter of Europe’s renewable resources enjoyed by Scotland. But Read more
THE firm behind a failed plan to build a string of giant 150m wind turbines between Skelmorlie and Largs say North Ayrshire Council’s rebuff is a ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate change. The council’s planning committee unanimously rejected the development at Rigghill, south east of Skelmorlie, after it was found Read more
A pressure group says the decision to approve Golticlay Wind Farm in Caithness underlines the need for reform of Scotland’s planning system to take greater account of local opinion. Scotland Against Spin (SAS) has submitted a public petition to the Scottish Parliament calling for power to be given to local Read more
A CAITHNESS wind farm campaigner has challenged Nicola Sturgeon to “put her money where her mouth is” when it comes to listening to the views of local people. Brenda Herrick says communities in the far north and elsewhere in the country “are being ignored and their voices not heard” when Read more
A legal challenge is set to be the fresh twist in a controversial windfarm saga stretching back to 2017. The company behind the North Lowther scheme is mounting a court bid for judicial review of Scottish Ministers’ reasoning in refusing the proposal in January. Original plans tabled in 2017 earmarked Read more
The generation of first power from SSE Renewables’ Gordonbush Extension wind farm in Sutherland has been hailed as “a momentous occasion”. It comes just a month after completion of the delivery of the 11 Siemens Gamesa turbines to the site, around 9.5 kilometres north-west of Brora. The final component delivery Read more
I was left saddened and depressed by Angus Robertson’s vision of the future of power supplies (News, April 6). Again he produces the SNP myth that Scotland will soon be producing 100% of her power supplies from renewable sources “shortly”. Ironically two pages earlier in the same issue of the Read more