Published from An Tirisdeach on 6th August 2010: Plans were laid at a recent public meeting by Tiree Trust for the island and our community to be represented during the building of Scottish Power’s £6billion off shire wind farm. Chairman of the meeting Lloyd Gudgeon said at the outset that the trust would not take […]
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Tiree Offshore Windfarm Update
Following the meeting on 15th June at which the scale of the proposed wind farm off Tiree was discussed, Tiree Community Development Trust would like to thank all the members and residents who attended and all the off islanders who also contributed. The trust would like to ask anyone who is interested to join and […]
Wind Farm Battle
From an article published in “The Scotsman” earlier this month: Change comes to us all. Tiree is facing unprecedented change and should the massive proposed wind farm be built just off our shores we (your report, 5 July), our children and our grandchildren will have to live with the consequences. We called a public meeting […]
Offshore Wind Farm?
It has been nearly a year since An Tirisdeach first reported on the proposal by Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) to explore the possibilities of an Offshore Wind Farm to the west of Tiree. The UK Government has set ambitious targets for energy supplied from renewable sources and the Scottish Government targets are even higher. The […]
