Public Engagement on Offshore Energy
September 1, 2012 | 
Author Local communitites encouraged to get involved
Local communities are being encouraged to get involved in Scotland’s plans for offshore renewable energy, as a series of public meetings kick off over the coming weeks. The meetings will provide information about the planning process on how Scotland can utilise offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, and seek the views of members of the public to help inform this work.
Marine Scotland will be hosting the public meetings during September 2012. Meetings will take place in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Kirkwall, Newton Stewart and Stornoway.
Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said:
“We are at an early stage in the process of identifying further potential locations for offshore renewable projects. It’s very important that the views of local communities are carefully considered, as we want to answer any questions and be open and accessible about how these plans are being progressed. I would encourage all those with an interest to come along to the meetings taking place, find out more and take the opportunity to share their views. I am confident that by working in partnership with local communities we can successfully meet our ambitions to make Scotland a greener nation.”
Meetings
All events will include a drop-in session from 13:00-18:00 and an evening presentation and discussion from 19:00-21:00.
- Edinburgh, September 3: Premier Inn, Morrison Street, Haymarket
- Kirkwall (Orkney), September 4: Kirkwall Town Hall, Broad Street
- Aberdeen, September 5: Camelite Hotel, Stirling Street
- Glasgow, September 6: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street
- Newton Stewart (Dumfries & Galloway), September 7: McMillan Hall, Dashwood Square
- Stornoway (Lewis), September 27: Bayhead Bridge Centre, Lamont Lane
- Inverness, September 28: Crown Court Townhouse Hotel, 25 Southside Road
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Oban (or an alternative Argyll venue) is conspicuous by its absense.
As the Argyll Array is the single largest and most controversial offfshore project currently in the pipeline this really is quite inexcusable.
NTA protested and received the foll … eventually
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Mr Russell,
Mr Lochhead has asked me to let you know that Marine Scotland will now
be putting on an additional event in Oban, and will seek to publicise
the event locally as widely as possible once the arrangements are
finalised.
Regards
John Davidson
Private Secretary to Richard Lochhead MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment
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Note if is not held in Sept then it will fall out of the non statutory consultation period
NTA aint buying into Scottish politics per se ..but the following reportage sums up SG’s response to most matters raised by NTA namely
(1) ignore
(2) obfuscate
(3) blame England
NTA has on several occasions stated my perception thatt SG’s responses have become increasingly strident and doctrinaire ..other commentators as below wud appear to be sharing my perception..
In a recent comment on ForArgyll you suggested NTA should work from” within” which NTA suggested was naive
Tiree as a consequence of the ‘transformational’ implications ( SG’s own words ) of the proposed Tiree Array has had SG govt sponsored Tiree planning initiative … SPR wanna cherry pick…ie not accept some of its recommendations.. NTA asks SPR for detailed information of their cherrypicking … SPR refuse..NTA ask SG to intervene.. result ….deafening SILENCE
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/9533614/Jim-Sillars-SNP-a-totalitarian-and-intellectually-dumb-party.html
http://www.thinkscotland.org/thinkpolitics/articles.html?read_full=11625&article=www.thinkscotland.org
NTA rests it case