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
Well worth a read: https://www.renewableuk.com/page/UKWEDExplained?fbclid=IwAR2Rv13pWd1m4Qfz7cqxxViGw5JWTgFX0MBdXSnSAxx_p1hgPI6XukimcRE
Sandy Knowe Wind Farm – Consented A wind farm with a generating capacity in excess of 50 MW, comprising 24 wind turbines and associated infrastructure with a ground to blade tip height of up to 125 meters located southwest of Kirkconnel and Kelloholm in Dumfries & Galloway ECU00000660 http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00000660&fbclid=IwAR3j8lsb0pBaHh94CdE70ZGmee0ThofOyrIBcW8XLVsH7Gp3Y3UBlezYHes