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Hundreds view plans for town wind farm – Helensburgh Advertiser

Hundreds of residents in Helensburgh and Lomond viewed plans for a community wind farm last weekend. Developers say more than 300 people visited The Tower on Friday and Saturday, August 15 and 16, to see details of the planning application Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 12 years ago August 24, 2014

£51m funding starts construction of massive tidal power scheme in Pentland Firth – The Herald

Construction on one of the world’s largest tidal power projects will begin in the Pentland Firth later this year, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced. Once completed, the 269-turbine development could power almost 175,000 homes and support more than 100 Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 12 years ago August 23, 2014

SSE to spend £2.5m on acoustic equipment to silence ‘buzz’ from sub-station – The Herald

David Ross Highland Correspondent Energy giant SSE is having to spend £2.5 million to silence the “Beauly Buzz”, which has been disturbing residents in a small Highland community. Some residents have complained the constant humming was keeping them awake at Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 12 years ago August 23, 2014

Appeal dismissed – Southern Reporter

A planning appeal for eight wind turbines near Roberton has been dismissed by a Scottish Government-appointed reporter. The Barrel Law scheme for 125m-high turbines was rejected by Scottish Borders Council in March 2013, but developers ABO Wind UK appealed that Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 12 years ago August 23, 2014

Dunoon wind farm developer under fire – Dunoon Observer

Written by Colin Cameron A developer hoping to build a wind farm on a range of Cowal hills overlooking the Firth of Clyde has been slammed by campaigners after the firm pulled out of a joint forum with community councils Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 12 years ago August 23, 2014

Plea to install controversial Highland windfarm mast – Press and Journal

By Jane Candlish A windfarm developer has asked the Scottish Government to allow a controversial wind speed testing mast in the Highlands. The application by ABO Wind UK Ltd for a 262ft high meterological mast near Beauly was turned down Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 12 years ago August 23, 2014

Ardross celebrations as contentious wind farm plan is quashed – Ross-shire Journal

A hugely controversial wind farm plan which Ross-shire villagers claimed would lead to their community being encircled by massive turbines has been rejected by the Scottish Government. The decision by Energy Minister Fergus Ewing to refuse the 34-turbine Glenmorie Wind Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 12 years ago August 23, 2014

Winds of discontent in anti-wind farm group – Berwickshire News

The recently formed Borders Network of Conservation Groups stands accused of being “undemocratic and clandestine” by a Coldingham man who was there from the start. Conservation groups from across the Borders joined forces to form the new network in order Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 12 years ago August 23, 2014

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