The latest on the project can be found here. Most recent news is at the top of the page.
We will be running an informal exhibition in Whitehouse on the evening of the 6th of June, at the Whitehouse Village hall. The event will start at 6 pm and you are welcome to drop by any time up until 9.30pm for an informal chat about the proposal. We would like to use this time to outline the community scheme for the turbine, which we hope will directly benefit residents in the Whitehouse area.
Prior to this at 5 pm we there will be a site visit to the location of the turbine. If you would like to come please meet at the entrance to the forest on the north side of the B8001, 2 km east of the junction with the A83.
For more information please contact Jonathan Waxman
Genesis Energy are working with the local community to bring clean renewable energy to Kintyre, alongside the Tarbert and Skipness community trust. Developing wind power will be a key part of meeting Scotland's ambitious and world leading target of having 100% of electricity generation from clean sources by 2020. Our first project, the Whitehouse burn turbine, could be partially owned by the community, and money from this project would go directly to addressing local issues. A public meeting at 7.30 pm on the 17th May in the Templar Arts Centre, Harbour Street, Tarbert, will outline the community involvement and provide further details on the development.
The meeting will provide more details on the community proposal, which is briefly summarised here.
For more information please contact Jonathan Waxman
The handout from this meeting can be downloaded in two parts - the first section dealing with climate change, visibility and Scotalnd's renewable energy targets here and the community offer here.
Dr. Emanual of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology equates ignoring the risks of climate change to not insuring your house against the risk of fire.
The full article can be found here.
A new study by visitscotland.com has found that 80% of people belive that the presence of wind farms would not affect their decision about where to take a holiday.
More information can be found here.
An Ipos MORI survey finds that the majority of the UK support wind power generation because it because it reduces dependence on energy imports and cuts carbon emissions. Additionally by a two to one margin (43% versus 19%) people feel cost of wind Renewable Obligations represents good value rather than poor value to UK households.
More info can be found at the Renewable UK website.
The RSPB are applying to build wind turbine to power their headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire, in order to reduce their carbon emissions. The RSOPB support efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and have compiled scientific evidence which shows that well sited wind turbines have very little effect on bird populations.
More info about their plan for a wind turbuine can be found on the RSPB website .