News Elsewhere contains mainly articles we have permission to republish from Views of Scotland and Country Guardian. You can learn more about these organisations by visiting: http://www.countryguardian.net/ and http://www.viewsofscotland.org/. Occasionally we will also post news from elsewhere on the web.
Scottish Power’s wind and solar farms will soon help produce green hydrogen to run buses, ferries and even trains as part of a pioneering strategic partnership to develop the UK’s nascent hydrogen economy. The renewable energy company, owned by Spain’s Iberdrola, will work alongside companies that specialise in producing and Read more
An army of sea giants is emerging along China’s coastline. Mysterious and magnificent, they rise up from the waves, limbs outstretched, gently whirring in the breeze. From north of Shanghai down to Hong Kong, across a thousand-mile stretch of water, hundreds of these otherworldly creations will one day be able Read more
Clashindarroch Wind Farm Extension, Aberdeenshire – Pre application Max Total MW Of Development Applied For: 168 Max Turbine Height: 200 Number Of Turbines Applied For: 28 ECU Reference: ECU00002143 http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00002143&fbclid=IwAR28X6dYEcUPcMB51gTDK4xFx6PxnD3hVK8pECNogo614WnOiyCP7k3kalE
I was fascinated to read Friday’s article on Change of Viking Energy ownership had no impact on land leases. Tucked away at the end of the article was reference to a report presented to the council in a December 2010 meeting. Councillors were told to expect £38.2 million per annum Read more
Please find letter and maps below sent to SAS by Dr A Jones, PhD, CEng, FIET. We hope you find them of interest. Further to our recent correspondence on Net Zero https://uknetzero.blogspot.com/ I am now working on a companion document that examines onshore wind, especially in Scotland. As part of Read more
……and so the 8 year long saga at Sneddon Law Windfarm in East Ayrshire continues with yet another appeal, Application To Vary Conditions 37, 41, 42 And 43 Of Planning Permission 13/0198/Pp Together With The Supplemental Conditions Imposed Pursuant To The Discharge Of Condition 15 Of The Same Permission On Read more
Grayside WF Limited (the Applicant) intends to submit an application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU) under Section 36(S36) of the Electricity Act 19891(the Electricity Act) to construct and operate Grayside Wind Farm (the Development) on land approximately 1.7 kilometres (km) south of the village of Lamington, 5.7 Read more
A worker at the Beinn an Tuirc Three Windfarm construction site has voiced his concerns about the number of staff flouting Covid-19 regulations. The man, who wished to remain anonymous, said he has ‘become weary’ at the thought of going to work because of the number of staff breaking the Read more