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Community Council Convention of the Highland Council Area on the Impact of Major Energy Infrastructure
Author: Community Councils of the Highland Council Area
14th June 2025 – Beauly Hosted by the Community Councils of Kirkhill & Bunchrew, Kiltarlity, Sleat, Muir of Ord, Strathnairn, Kilmorack and Strathglass Unified Statement of the Convention of Community Councils This Convention supported by over FIFTY COMMUNITY COUNCILS, collectively representing over 72,000 residents within The Highland Council area: RECOGNISES the impact of climate change on our planet but OPPOSES an unjust and unnecessary industrialisation of The Highlands. CALLS for our elected members to URGENTLY support and protect our communities . . .
More »Spatial conflict in offshore wind farms: Challenges and solutions for the commercial fishing industry
Author: Szostek, Claire; et al.
Highlights Fishermen are adversely impacted by displacement from offshore wind farms. Mobile and static gears are affected with small (
More »Performance of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark
Author: Hughes, Gordon
Executive Summary 1. Onshore wind turbines represent a relatively mature technology, which ought to have achieved a satisfactory level of reliability in operation as plants age. Unfortunately, detailed analysis of the relationship between age and performance gives a rather different picture for both the United Kingdom and Denmark with a significant decline in the average load factor of onshore wind farms adjusted for wind availability as they get older. An even more dramatic decline is observed for offshore wind farms . . .
More »Influence of wind on kittiwake Rissa tridactyla flight and offshore wind turbine collision risk
Author: Davies, Jacob; et al.
Abstract – Offshore windfarms are a potential threat to seabirds, partly due to collision risk with turbine blades. Wind influences the mode, height and speed of seabird flight, and therefore the risk of collision with turbines. We investigated how wind influences the flight of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla, a gull of conservation concern, in order to incorporate these findings into collision risk estimates and identify mitigation measures. We used GPS telemetry data (23rd June to 10th August 2021) from 20 . . .
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