NEWS

22 April 2005
Public Enquiry 'likely'.

An email from Nora Radcliffe advises that
"The proposal is likely to be the subject of a public enquiry. Officials are taking legal advice as to the scope of the enquiry therefore the Minister was unable to say if the enquiry will be restricted to the Moray Council objection."

"There is no time limit within which Ministers are obliged to come to a decision, so it is a matter of waiting."

14 April 2005
Planning Application progress

Enquiries to Aberdeenshire Planning Department advise that no response has been received to date from the Scottish Executive regarding a public enquiry.

Case officer for the application is Aude Chaiban, direct dial 01569 768269.

13 April 2005
'Stop Dunmaglass Wind Farm'

A new web site has been launched to publicise objections to the proposed Dunmaglass wind farm in the Monadhliath Mountains.(more...)

26 March 2005
'Wind energy endures a gale of hostility', Daily Telegraph

Aaron Patrick asks whether expensive wind farms are the solution to our power needs - or part of the problem(more...)

24 February 2005
'Breathe Taking' - a Deveron Arts project

Breath Taking is a photographic project featuring imagery of Clashindarroch Forest and other local sites, that will take place on billboards throughout the country from the 23rd May in concurrence with the World renewable Energy Conference in Aberdeen in May.(more...)

3 February 2005
Friends of Clash News

Richard Hammock of Friends of Clash has passed on important information received from various official bodies.(more...)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

8 March 2005
'Breath Taking' events programme

In the lead-up to this project by Deveron Arts a number of talks, walks and other events have been organised. The remaining programme is as follows:

Huntly Clean-up. Saturday 12 March

Breath Taking. Artists talk, Friday 18 March

Forestry and Landscape. Forest walk, 13 April

Virtual Tour of Landscape Change. Wednesday 20 April

Windpower or Wildlife? Talk, 4 May.

(Download full info.)

2 March 2005
Renewable Energy/the Power of Nature

Wednesday, 2 March, 7.30pm.

This talk by Ian Todd, Consultant to Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group ,is the first in a series. Deveron Arts has invited artists Dalziel + Scullion to make an artistic response to the current debate surrounding the planning proposals for over 200 new wind turbine sites in rural Scotland. (Download info.)

13 April 2005
'Stop Dunmaglass Wind Farm'

A new web site has been launched to publicise objections to the proposed Dunmaglass wind farm in the Monadhliath Mountains.

This site will have 36 turbines, each 110m high, and cover an area of 10 sq.km. in a wilderness area of outstanding natural beauty with significant wildlife importance.

Objectors to the scheme are invited to submit their objections on-line or by downloading a letter.

For more information visit the web site at www.stopdunmaglass.com

26 March 2005
'Wind energy endures a gale of hostility', Daily Telegraph

An article by Aaron Patrick following the commissioning of the Scoby Sands offshore wind farm near Great Yarmouth.

The article presents information about the debate on the efficiency of wind farm developments and suggests that the actual cost of power generated by wind energy has been underestimated and the benefits over-stated.

For more information the full article can be viewed on the Telegraph web site, although this will require registration.

Alternatively a copy of the article can be downloaded. Back to top.

26 February 2005
The menaced landscape
Wind farms? You may as well take a knife to a Constable

Robert Macfarlane
Saturday February 26, 2005
The Guardian

An article about wind farms in general and the proposed Lewis 'farm' in particular

A persuasive argument against wind farms on the basis of their inefficiency and inappropriate technology, and not just a 'nimbyist' objection.

The full article can be viewed. Back to top.

24 February 2005
'Breathe Taking' - a Deveron Arts project

Breath Taking is a photographic project featuring imagery of Clashindarroch Forest and other local sites, that will take place on billboards throughout the country from the 23rd May in concurrence with the World renewable Energy Conference in Aberdeen in May.

In the lead up to the project a number of talks, walks and other projects have been organised that highlight the issues around energy consumption, landscape change and other environmental concerns.

Details of individual talks will be listed in the 'Announcements'

For more information contact: Deveron Arts: Tel: 01466-794494, E: deveronarts@aol.com

Further details can be downloaded. Back to top.

3 February 2005
News from Friends of Clash

Richard Hammock has received information from the Forestry Commission, Scottish National Heritage and Aberdeen Council relating to their objections to the proposed project.

These concern, respectively, the status of wild cats in the forest, additional information required to the EIA and possible reconsideration of the Tier3/4 classification of the site. He suggests letters to Aberdeen Council Planning Department regarding this last matter would be useful.

Richard has also written an article for 'The Leopard' about the project.

Further details can be downloaded.