Tag: strategic reinforcement project

Urgent: We need more time to respond (I’m please to say SPEN have listened to us and we now have to the 31 August 2015)

July 15, 2015

It is now becoming apparent that many residents within Dumfries & Galloway who are potentially affected by this proposal are beginning to think deeply about how to respond and the same is true for a number of Community Councils who only meet every 4-6 weeks. At the consultation SPEN held yesterday in Dunscore Village Hall it became … More Urgent: We need more time to respond (I’m please to say SPEN have listened to us and we now have to the 31 August 2015)

Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: the Aarhus Convention

June 30, 2015

Reading the Aarhus Convention today in relation to Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN) Strategic Reinforcement Project I came across Article 6, Clause 3.  This says “… public participation procedures shall include reasonable time-frames for the different phases, allowing sufficient time for informing the public … and for the public to prepare and participate effectively …” Concerned residents … More Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: the Aarhus Convention

The future: with no further public subsidy for on-shore wind farms

June 28, 2015

Dumfries & Galloway already has over 380MW of generating capacity from operational on-shore wind farms (www.renewableuk.com) which is enough to supply the annual electrical energy consumption of over 180,000 homes, or 2.6 times the number of households in our region (Housing Information Briefing Note Number 1: Estimates of Household Dwellings in D&G, 2012). The implication of drawing a … More The future: with no further public subsidy for on-shore wind farms

Dumgal Against Pylons

June 26, 2015

A Line in the Sand for On-Shore Wind: the impact on Dumfries & Galloway Will Amber Rudd’s announcement in Parliament on Monday this week that draws a line in the sand for on-shore wind farms influence Scottish Power Energy Networks Strategic Reinforcement proposal for Dumfries & Galloway? I think it will but it won’t make … More Dumgal Against Pylons