Category: ELEP
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Response to the Springfeild solar and BESS proposal
After thorough and in depth consideration and engagement with the local community, East Lammermuir Community Council have written to the Energy Consents Unit to object to this proposed energy development.
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Berwick Bank Windfarm consented
SSE Renewables received planning consent for Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm at the end of July. This makes landfall at Skateraw, with the onshore elements indicated in orange on the map above previously consented in principle by East Lothian Council.
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Crystal Rig Solar determination
With reference to the application dated 1 July 2024 made to the Scottish Ministers by Fred Olsen Renewables Limited under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for consent to construct and operate the Crystal Rig Solar extension to Crystal Rig Wind Farm on land approximately 11 km south of Dunbar in East Lothian and…
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response to UK Government consultation
ELCC has submitted a response to the UK Government consultation on Community Benefits and Shared Ownership of Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure After the open meeting held in Innerwick on 14 July, we felt that emphasising the importance of building community should underpin all of the decision making set out in the working paper. You can…
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Beth’s blog – tools for partnerhip working
I write looking out at the Lammermuir Hills, waiting for the combine harvester to start work and watching the swallows darting about. As we get into the quieter summer holiday weeks, when there aren’t quite so many emails flying about, I am taking time to reflect on these first three months in post. What has…
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Community Benefits Event
Monday 14 July in the Old School, Innerwick, 7 – 8:30pm On 10 March this year the community council hosted a first community conversation about the use of community benefits we are likely to see from the electricity infrastructure that gets built in our patch. About twenty people joined in. That discussion helped us to…
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Energy Developments public meeting (May ’25) – Beth’s blog
I was delighted to have my first experience of one of the incredible East Lammermuir Energy Developments public meetings on the evening of Monday 19 May 2025 in Innerwick Village Hall. Representatives from renewables and transmission infrastructure developments, at various stages of planning or construction in the local area, took it in turns to present.…
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energy projects partnership manager Blog
Hello! My name is Beth Landon and I am the new Energy Projects Partnership Manager, covering the East Lammermuir Community Council Area. I have been in post for around three weeks and thought I’d introduce myself and give a bit of insight into what I’ve been getting up to so far in this new role.…
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Energy Developers – leave our place better than you found it!
19:00, Monday 19th May, Innerwick Village Hall East Lammermuir Community Council invite you to meet with the 13 Energy Developers involved in generating, storing and transporting electricity within the area, to ask them how they intend to leave our place better than they found it. East Lammermuir Community Council and East Lothian Council hold regular…