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Opposition to an intrusive Perthshire windfarm scheme was this week described as overwhelming as objections reached 300-plus. Campaign group Save Glen Lednock pointed to 316 objections to the plan to site 19 turbines, some as high as 200m – or three times the height of the Wallace Monument – on Read more
A major community group and a renewable energy supplier have reached agreement over a proposed wind farm development in Moray. Gallileo Empower have submitted proposals for 477MW Dorenell wind farm extension project, along with a complementary battery storage facility, incorporating 67 turbines, each between 149.9m and 250m in height, on Read more
Nearly 30 protected trees are due to be chopped down in Caithness to allow new wind turbines to be transported. SSE used compulsory purchase orders to buy approximately 1336 square metres of woodland at Forss, along with other land along the route between Scrabster Harbour and the wind farm site, Read more
Since the 1990s, more than £200 million of community benefit funding has been awarded from wind farms and hydro projects to those living in their shadow. The sums are substantial. Last year alone, over £30 million was distributed across 283 projects, supporting everything from bird boxes and woodland paths to Read more
Keir Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove the ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews. The Guardian understands that leaving the Aarhus convention is being discussed as an option. This is an international treaty Read more
The view north of Ben Wyvis is set to be “desecrated” by a nine-turbine wind farm in front of the iconic massif after Highland Council chose not to object to the plan. https://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/views-of-ben-wyvis-set-to-be-desecrated-by-a-new-nine-turb-393302/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNFE5JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHts985HR4jgBHHxvs49ORDbFlpP7ZPfzTcNrlm4pSzKt-T6_sdTBLwjzB4gl_aem_5rAUEPkdvOItTLMbYK_lAA
A CONTROVERSIAL plan for a new wind farm with 220-metre-tall turbines near Cumnock has been refused by East Ayrshire’s planning committee. Green Cat Renewables (GCR) had submitted the proposals for the new Drum Wind Farm site, just south of Lugar and Cronberry. But the planning committee agreed to reject the Read more
A new type of wind turbine blade that can be recycled at the end of its operational life has been developed at the Siemens Gamesa factory in Hull. The 354ft (108m) blades are made using a type of resin that can be broken down to allow materials to be reused Read more