Industrial Wind Farm for Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Lumphinnans and Lochgelly

Attending the Lochgelly Community Council meeting, last night (08/02/12), we heard a presentation from Banks Renewables who are seeking to build 6 x 125 metre turbines in close proximity to the Lochore Meadows, Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Lumphinnans and Lochgelly communities. The developers stated that [...]

Questions concerning Little Raith Wind Farm

We had a meeting with the developer of Little Raith Wind Farm (Kennedy Renewables) and their PR/Political Lobbying group (Invicta PA) back in October. Unfortunately, most of our questions couldn’t be answered at the time, but the developer took note of the issues and concerns raised, and notified [...]

Lochgelly Galleries

Lochgelly (Gaelic: Loch Gheallaidh) is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly [1] to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the town has a population of [...]

Local group under threat of closure

With the ongoing ‘austerity’ measures enforced on local authorities we have seen reduction in public services and quality of service as the local authorities try to juggle services to fit into tight budget limitations. The austerity measures have also had an impact on many local charity groups as [...]

Stop ACTA

The biggest tech news in America recently was the possible passing of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which has currently been put on hold due to large scale online protests from groups, individuals and other corporations concerned that the act, which on the surface, is aimed at stopping File Sharing [...]

Lochgelly North School to improve the local environment

In celebration of the Queens Diamond Jubilee, the Lochgelly North Special School in partnership with the Woodland Trust have committed themselves to planting 61 trees in a bid to help regenerate and improve the local environment. Other groups committed to planting trees includes Foulford Primary [...]

Lochgelly Centre – Official Reopening (images)

The Lochgelly Centre was officially reopened on the 14th February 2012. As part of the celebration Lochgelly High School Brass Band and Choir were on hand to provide music throughout the ceremony. Councillor Brian Goodall cut the ribbon to mark the opening, and then an acrobatic performance was [...]

Is Wind The Answer?

Experts to debate in St Andrews Public information event organized by Cameron Community Council St Andrews Town Hall, 7.15pm 1st March 2012 Love them or loathe them, wind turbines are coming to Fife. From industrial-scale wind farms to back-garden turbines, Fife is facing a torrent of [...]

Gelly Trust

Gelly Loch (video)

5 months ago

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This video is an image showcase of the Gelly Loch and surrounding scenery, and how the countryside is being used for an Industrial Power Plant, hosting 9×2.7Mw industrial turbines (423ft), next to four communities (Auchtertool, Lochgelly, Lumphinnans & Cowdenbeath) and a chemical processing plant [...]

Rejuvenate Gelly Loch

5 months ago

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Admin Note: We have been wanting to publish this article for a while, but have been delayed due to other local issues cropping up. If you have seen our magazine you will already be aware of what we are planning, but for those that haven’t read the free magazine, we have published the article in [...]

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