Following Orkney Islands Council’s vote to be ‘minded to approve’ the 4-turbine scheme near Birsay on West Mainland in November, in spite of an objection from Historic Environment Scotland, the Scottish Government used its powers to ‘call-in’ the application for further scrutiny. On Monday 7 July, a pre-examination meeting will be held with all of…
Plans for a new windfarm in Birsay have been submitted to Orkney Islands Council. The Nisthill Windfarm proposal has been developed by farmers Paul Archibald of Nisthouse and Adrian Breck of Ludenhill, along with renewable energy developer Infinergy Ltd. The four-turbine development will be situated on the farmland of Nisthouse and Ludenhill, between the Loch…
The Nisthill Wind Farm project team invites you to visit our Community Open Day to be held at Birsay Village Hall on Wednesday 8th June between 2.30pm and 7.30pm. At the open day, we’ll be displaying a range of information about how the project is developing and what it might look like and we’ll be…
Local farmers, Paul Archibald and Adrian Breck of Nisthouse and Ludenhill farms to the east of Birsay on Orkney have joined forces with renewable energy developer Infinergy Ltd to progress plans to develop a wind farm site on their land. Kari Clouston, Project Manager for the proposed development said: “We at Infinergy are delighted to…
