A Caithness councillor has accused a renewable energy trade body of making “lazy, complacent and arrogant” claims over the level of public approval for wind turbines. Councillor Matthew Reiss said the assertion by RenewableUK that 70 per cent of people Read more…
PLANNING RULES FORGET PEOPLE AS Celia Hobbs (Letters, July 26) correctly points out, “forget your designations and listings” as regards wind farm planning applications in Scotland, they don’t count for much. Also apparently included in Scottish Government decision makers’ “list Read more…
We’ve just been informed by the Petitions Committee that the first 80 submissions (up to 28 June) are now available for viewing on their new website. This can be accessed here https://www.parliament.scot/…/pe1864-increase-the… Click on: Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Read more…
Camster Il Wind Farm, Land 2000M Nw Of Tannach Hill Tannach, Wick, KW1 Erection Of Up To 11 Wind Turbines Maximum Tip Height Of 126.5M With Associated Infrastructure Case Update – 28/07/2021** The decision on this case has been issued. Read more…
Rare ringed plovers were found nesting at the bottom of a wind turbine at a wind farm. Bird experts, who were working as part of a conservation programme, came across two nests while on site in the Central Belt. The Read more…
Achany Extension Wind Farm – Application Achany Extension Wind Farm. The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be over 50MW comprising up to 20 turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 149.9 metres The Proposed Read more…
Nowhere safe from wind farms YOU revealed in January that Scotland has an “open door” wind farm policy compared to England, where there have been no wind farms built since 2012. The French energy giant EDF has submitted an application Read more…
Brian Wilson (Scotsman, 24 July) states that “three per cent of electricity is currently being generated by wind farms”. That raises the question of how does Holyrood plan to supply schools, hospitals, homes and supermarket freezers should there be a Read more…