Category: News & Updates

SSE has successfully secured a 20-year contract for 1.4GW of low carbon offshore wind power from Phase B of its Berwick Bank Wind Farm project in the UK’s seventh Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round, announced today. 

Onshore Planning Application – 275kV Cable Works Berwick Bank Wind Farm is an offshore wind project located in the Firth of Forth with a grid connection at Branxton, near Innerwick in East Lothian. As part of our proposals to develop and construct Berwick Bank Wind Farm, we are required to install different elements of onshore…

One of our four community ambitions is that a public or community transport service should be re-introduced to link the villages with Cockburnspath and Dunbar. We are holding a workshop on this theme on the evening of Thursday 22nd January in Stenton Village Hall, 6-9pm, to explore options together. Community Transport Association and East Lothian…

Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm is now fully operational, and its owners, EDF power solutions UK and ESB, have committed to providing community benefit funding of £270,000 per annum, rising with inflation, for the expected 25 year lifespan of the wind farm. This funding will be administered by Foundation Scotland. In recognition of the particular…

Belltown Power have let us know that their application for 15 wind turbines and a battery storage facility is now proceeding to Public Local Inquiry (“PLI”) after East Lothian Council raised an objection to the Proposed Development in September 2024. As per the PLI process, the project has recently moved from the Energy Consents Unit…

Following on from the Energy Efficiency workshop in October, alongside Sustaining Dunbar and Insulate Innerwick’s work, you now have the opportunity over the coming weeks to have your home surveyed with a thermal imaging camera for free by a trained member of Sustaining Dunbar’s Community Heat Team. East Lammermuir’s ambition is for “all properties within…

Let us know your views by 4th December! Fill in the online form here Following last night’s Active Travel workshop, we are sharing an opportunity for residents and visitors to share your experiences of walking, cycling or other forms of active travel in East Lammermuir and any barriers you face. Towards the end of the…

Our series of workshops looking at next steps for the 4 community priorities drawn from the East Lammermuir Local Place Plan, are well underway! The first workshop was held on 9th October and focused on Energy Efficiency. The facilitator (Energy Saving Trust) is now working on the report from this, which will guide the spend of community benefits and other means to…