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.
New Guidance just issued. https://www.nature.scot/doc/guidance-aviation-lighting-impact-assessment?fbclid=IwY2xjawGzBr9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYnUOVS2Wryex0qOJC62pIhhsAKOR0jd2BALQp_Onev1UUZS0rCYXX2OPQ_aem_hR_GqK-mbtQr5ESRes8YzQ
A golden eagle has died after flying into a wind turbine in Dumfries and Galloway, a conservation group has said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxv0qddqp9o?fbclid=IwY2xjawGyXN5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdgQcuZWHE_roU_XxPLV6YHVZwIJdFVXB1BXBu-Dc23BPd51uCpbnONdrg_aem_xHxTQ0KK9XRr5XXIpjwD5A
The SNP has rejected a European-style ban on “wind turbine graveyards”. Austria, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands have already banned giant fibreglass and plastic blades from landfill sites. A number of other countries are expected to follow suit amid concerns about what to do as the first generation of wind Read more
A detailed response to all sections in the Consultations which you are welcome to use in your own response. Consultation Response
The developers of a proposed windfarm in a rural community have been told to “keep their money and their turbines” after the launch of a public consultation which could see many residents receive discounted electricity. The Cabrach, which is located just a few miles south of Dufftown, is already home to Read more
Attached are the meeting minutes from the June DPEA Stakeholder Forum, the DPEA statistical data from 1st April – 30th September 2024, and the agenda for November’s Stakeholder Forum. Rachel Connor and Aileen Jackson represented SAS at the meeting. Meeting Minutes – June 2024 – Planning and Environmental Appeals Division Read more
A public consultation has been launched for a new wind farm. Eurowind Energy Ltd (EWE) has started the consultation for the Carron Valley Wind Farm, which would be on land at Cairnoch Hill, north of the Carron Valley reservoir. The wind farm would have four turbines with a tip height Read more
Ed Miliband’s wind turbine blitz threatens to leave the North Sea strewn with rusting oil rigs because of a lack of equipment needed to dismantle the retired platforms. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/19/milibands-wind-turbine-blitz-will-leave-north-sea-littered0/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGpbzBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQklfgwTUjDhXS4G-YPfZGxPc-fwl9wx5ihiBtA9WQmwniE7NPe0BSO0vw_aem_0qOVD7VyjcdhHYQIcbOW6A