Our work with Forestry Commission Scotland
Partnerships for Renewables (PfR), the Carbon Trust Enterprise business set up in 2006 to work with the public sector to develop, construct and operate renewable energy projects, is currently investigating the potential for wind energy projects on a number of Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) sites.
In October 2009, the Commission split the national forest estate into six separate regions with the intention of appointing commercial partners to help it investigate and deliver wind energy projects. PfR were appointed in early 2010 to cover the Borders and central belt area and have been working with the Commission over the past year to explore a number of sites including Cloich Forest near Peebles.
In June 2011, PfR submitted an application for met masts to be erected in Cloich Forest and in July 2011 submitted a scoping report.
Public exhibitions have been held in Eddleston Village Hall on 4th October 2011 and the Newlands Centre in Romanno Bridge on 23rd February 2012. The latest project information was given and attendees had a chance to ask questions to the project team and highlight areas that we should look at within the environmental impact assessment.
Further events are planned to update people on our work, including a community sugery in the Barony Castle, Eddleston on 29th February 2012. This will be followed by another public exhibition in Peebles in March 2012.
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