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.
The Sanquhar II Community Wind Farm will become the UK’s fourth largest onshore wind farm when it becomes operational in August 2026, according to developers CWP Energy. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/construction-begins-landmark-windfarm-power-060000893.html
Herald letters THERE is rightly growing anger at the ever-increasing steel forests of pylons, turbines, and substations scarring our countryside to feed distant demand. Yet a far graver threat looms unnoticed: the monstrous battery parks propping up intermittent wind power. To bridge one windless day in Britain, estimates demand 100-200 Read more
EAST Ayrshire Council looks set to refuse plans for a five-turbine wind farm extension near New Cumnock. Invenergy had lodged proposals for a five-turbine extension to the previously approved 19-turbine Pencloe Wind Farm. The company said that “careful consideration” had been given to the proposed layout and the design. There Read more
Dear MSP The Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee will meet on 10th September at 9.30am to discuss the Scotland Against Spin Petition, PE1864 Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms | Scottish Parliament Website and we are writing to ask for your support. Read more
Our Petition has been live for 4 years during which time there has been a change in policy south of the border. For new members it will be difficult to follow all the ups and downs and twists and turns due to the huge number of documents on the Petition’s Read more
A LONG-STANDING campaigner against the Viking project in Shetland has questioned the wisdom of building more wind farms in the North of Scotland. https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/08/14/almost-per-cent-potential-wind/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMNDcxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgSBjLKyilt_21votJV_jAi74iBz1FKkvzGsyZL1yTwOp8L8-ToB8Tzes4Vq_aem_IGVSxlW1bJJZC3dpzT4tKg
THE economy of the Highlands could be transformed by plans to create a “wealth fund” to pay for infrastructure and communities from a £100 billion investment in renewable energy schemes across the area. Under the plans unveiled yesterday, a strategic fund will be created to invest in economic and community Read more
SEPA-GUIDANCE ON ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT ON GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTIONS – August 2024 In August 2024 SEPA provided new and specific guidance for assessing impacts of developments upon private water supplies (PWS).This is very welcome and long overdue. It will be very relevant to the more than 100,000 PWS in Read more