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The SAS Petition to the Scottish Parliament https://www.parliament.scot/get-involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe1864-increase-the-ability-of-communities-to-influence-planning-decisions-for-onshore-windfarms was heard by the Petitions Committee on 1 September.  They unanimously supported the Petition and agreed to consult Scottish Renewables, Planning Aid Scotland, Royal Town Planning Institute and Heads of Planning Scotland Read more…

What will be the UK’s largest offshore wind tower manufacturing facility is to be built in the Highlands. Located at the Port of Nigg, the factory is expected to support more than 400 direct jobs in manufacturing once it is Read more…

SSE has won backing from financiers for a £3 billion phase of a windfarm project in a success that underlines the appeal of the sector to investors, although this hasn’t provided the expected boost to jobs in Scotland. Perth-based SSE Read more…

Change in policy and more support are required to allow communities to own renewable energy sources, a Lewis charity has said. Point and Sandwick Trust has found community ownership of windfarms generates 34 times more benefit to the local community Read more…

We need answers to grid concerns IT is worth noting that Hunterston Reactor 3 has in the last few days moved to its final defuelling phase and “will not return to power generation” according to the French owners EDF Status Read more…

Hot topic Those who wax lyrical about the wealth of wind we have in Scotland close their eyes to the obvious shortcomings of an intermittent power source like wind turbines. Until we have something reliable – gas, nuclear, even coal Read more…

As France’s election season gathers steam, the fishermen from Saint-Brieuc on the north Brittany coast have had a stream of illustrious visitors, including the EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. But instead of discussing Brexit and fishing, Barnier and other Read more…

Plans to build floating wind turbines by recycling redundant oil platforms could create 4500 jobs in the Highlands. The project would breathe life into the former fabrication yard at Ardersier near Inverness. Work is due to get underway in the Read more…