Category: ELEP
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Lorries in Our Lanes
Monday 10th November 6:30 – 8pm Innerwick Old School House Join us on Monday 10th November for updates on the current and upcoming construction of energy projects, focused on their impacts on traffic and travel. There will be opportunity to hear your views on how disruption can be minimised for you as local residents. Updates…
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Crystal Rig 1 Repower
Fred. Olsen Renewables have submitted an application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit for the repowering of Crystal Rig 1. The planning notice, with details of how to respond to the consultation can be found here. Please note representations should be received by the ECU by 3rd November 2025. Comments can also be sent to…
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Beth’s Blog – Delving deeper
As summer draws to a close, I am rapidly approaching six months in this “new” role. Since I last wrote the pace has picked up significantly as the path forward takes shape and it’s time to delve deeper (to mix metaphors!). The focus so far has mainly been on getting to know the lay of the…
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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…