Campaigning for a fair and inclusive planning system in Scotland Planning Democracy have launched a petition to the SG for an equal right to appeal against consented applications. See the blog to join the campaign: http://www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/2014/equal-rights-of-appeal/ ERA petition can be downloaded here.
The High Court for Western Denmark sets compensation over and above the amount assessed by the government. By Søren Stenderup Jensen http://en.friends-against-wind.org/justice/compensation-for-noise-from-wind-turbines Ill informed councils believe they can save money on their own budgets and convince communities through community benefit that wind turbines are the solution the the black hole in their budgets. All […]
As more and more wind energy is added to the national grid will it help to keep the lights on? If only politicians would allow engineers to be responsible for our energy policy: IESIS promotes the principle that, before proceeding with any policy for the electricity system, comprehensive independent assessments should be carried out. This would […]
Andrew Vivar’s whose life has been turned upside down since Ark Hill Windfarm was developed has been researching Vibro Acoustic Disease: “The vibrations induced by the operation of the wind towers (movement of the blades and the remaining existing mechanical equipment) have a frequency content concentrated in bands with medium frequency 3 Hz, 8 Hz, […]
Stuart Young is the author of these reports: (He has reviewed these reports and believes that the conclusions of his findings are as relevant today as they were when written, although all the numbers have changed) . “Overview of the Scottish Government’s First Annual UPDATE ”“Overview of 2020 ROUTEMAP update” for Renewable Energy “Gas, oil and […]
SUBMISSION FROM PROFESSOR JACK W PONTON, FRENG Your remit refers to: …the merits of the targets, and what the risks and barriers are to realising them. However the specific questions, around which you ask for submissions to be based appear to address only the last of these. I wish to comment on the merits of […]
Update on Professor Jack Ponton’s article of the 19th August: T H E B O R D E R S N E T W O R K O F C O N S E R V A T I O N G R O U P S NEWS RELEASE […]
50 community councils from across Dumfries and Galloway write to the First Minister demanding a moratorium on any further planning consent to wind farms. Tuesday 25th March 2014 Dumfries and Galloway is not the first area in Scotland to request a moratorium on further windfarm development. Many areas fight for local democracy and an end to […]
European Platform Against Windfarms