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A wind farm project in southern Scotland which had previously been rejected three times has been approved on appeal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7zg41191xo?fbclid=IwY2xjawHzvQxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSys-5CbPChEsJ_LPHPfNDv_voEMQxEXK_nrPNKun1m_JuHavKkAFcMAIA_aem_JX95hXtc6nAn4JeHy5kZaw
Scottish Tory energy spokesman Douglas Lumsden said that ‘hard-pressed Scots will rightly be questioning the soaring payments’. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14276585/How-380million-added-bills-pay-wind-farms-NOT-producing-electricity.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHyJVNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXuPcNLQPaPQHIKRzsu1FwuMmfUTTaxARRt8Xc506lRZyRT0vef85y_zhQ_aem_s86m7Hd0MBfIEXKlgQsPsw
Good article in the Scotsman today about a Highland landowner and founder of a popular music festival who has claimed the area will be “ruined” by a series of large scale energy transmission projects https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/landowner-and-music-festival-founder-says-mass-pylons-will-ruin-highlands-4939367?fbclid=IwY2xjawHwfE1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWJXHpENxRPaVbwD0IkBskW-tSVbdossSVM_r90CI5hfJVY2wRH9E_n4XQ_aem_3tWoKmkX7O6Wqla6rwbqmg
A CAMPAIGN group in New Cumnock rallying against the planned expansion of wind farm developments has raised further concerns about ongoing proposals. The New Cumnock Wind Farms group said that the village and surrounding areas are becoming “a dumping ground for wind farm developments”. According to the group, an eight-mile Read more
Ed Miliband has been accused of pursuing a “reckless” net zero agenda after new figures revealed consumers are being left with record bills to keep wind farms switched off. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/11/miliband-obsession-renewables-record-bill-net-zero-wind/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvtdJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHW4e19VobaOrkPcIhRokpZFsDaPvJvz-8ovuVmoVYW46ll-Ub_acB-E8UQ_aem_avceZorVvu07Iflcbg8i-w
THE VIKING wind farm ranked third for the highest amount of energy going unused in the UK in 2024 – despite only opening in August. https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/01/08/viking-third-list-unused-energy/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHrii5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVoR41ZDGCe9UhG2YVYYetfEuw3WTzpRpAeBM0kGHTA1b1sHJnU_Q1v4yg_aem_THDWbfFYBzZwDqaMrT_Kzg
A sad day. Strath Oykel WF has been approved. https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scottish-ministers-give-green-light-to-proposed-strath-oykel-371140/
A renewable energy developer has pledged that two new wind turbines in the centre of Caithness will have “minimum impact” on the surrounding area. UK-based Wind2 is seeking permission to build Swarclett Wind Farm on agricultural land approximately one kilometre south-east of Mains of Durran. Community benefit will include a Read more