Highland council to defend refusing planning to wind farm due to ‘visual impact’
Lawyers yesterday urged Highland Council to change its objections for its refusal of planning permission for a 19 turbine wind farm in Caithness.
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Scottish Highlands sees significant rise in carbon emissions
The Highlands has seen a 28% increase in carbon emissions - the largest rise of any council area in Britain.
Spread of windfarms across Scottish Highlands revealed
The scale of the spread of windfarms in the north of Scotland has been exposed in a new map.
Power Station expansion plan could create thousands of jobs
A £400million plan to expand capacity at a massive underground power station could create thousands of jobs in the Highlands if it is backed by government.
Warning over Highland small-scale renewable projects
Proposals which could see a significant reduction in available subsidies for small scale renewable projects could render a number of community-owned schemes in the Scottish Highlands as “unviable”, it has been claimed. The warning has been made by independent environmental consultants Atmos Consulting as a UK Government consultation on proposed changes to the system of feed-in tariffs closes today. The UK Government is currently proposing to reduce the level of subsidy available for small scale renewable energy projects from next year.