A £1.2 billion subsea electricity cable was out of action for a month, leaving consumers to pay almost £40 million in compensation to wind farm companies. The Western Link interconnector tripped from February 15 to March 13 in the latest failure since it came onstream in 2018. Stretching from Hunterston, Read more…
The Applicant is proposing to submit an application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU) under Section 36 (S36) of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate the Lethans Wind Farm Extension (the Proposed Development) adjacent to the Consented Lethans Wind Farm. The Proposed Development is located Read more…
Not that they would have anything to gain by publishing this document! A new document showing the benefits of wind farms to Scotland’s peatlands has been launched. The easily-digested publication, titled Wind Power and Peatland: Enhancing Unique Habitats, looks at more than £2.5 million of work carried out by three Read more…
Please see attached for draft Minutes from the meeting. 6. Matters raised by Stakeholders’ (SAS) (a) Aileen Jackson raised the issue of people who live in rural areas with virtually useless broadband being alienated and left out of the planning process. It is a statutory requirement for the public to Read more…
Fantastic news! Dumfries and Galloway Planning Committee have decided unanimously to raise an objection to Sanquhar II wind farm! Huge, heartfelt thanks to D&GC and everyone involved in supporting our communities.
Response to your FOI request During the period 2015 – 2020 1. 69%– 61 s36 wind farm applications were received of which 42 applications were approved. 2. 50%– 32 s36 wind farm applications were referred to Public Inquiry of which 16 applications were approved. I trust this information is satisfactory Read more…
Balancing precariously at the top of a stepladder clutching an unwieldy wind turbine in my arms, I am attempting to do my bit to save the planet – and it is all going horribly wrong. I am keen to install a wind turbine in the back garden of my four-bedroom Read more…
BORIS Johnson’s assertion that we can have every British home running on offshore wind-powered electricity by 2030 has generally been dismissed as bonkers. Even Zion Lights, a former spokesman for Extinction Rebellion, believes he’s talking a load of overblown guff – although she puts it rather more politely. She says Read more…