News & Technical Updates

A single 18m turbine at Bingham in Nottinghamshire has been granted planning consent after concerns about local bat populations was resolved through modification of the turbine operation.  In this instance the developer will fit a timer so that

AMA is pleased to announce a joint strategic initiative with Daly International (www.dalyinternational.com) under which the two companies will work closely together to provide a full package of environmental services to the renewable energy sector.Th

Bats were found hibernating in the roof at Denbigh Hospital(from BBC News Wales)  A planning consultant has been convicted of two charges of damaging or destroying the sites of protected bat species at a former hospital building. Ayob Bhailok,

AMA recently supplied expert witness suport for Renewable Energy Systems (RES) at a Planning Inquiry into the proposed Den Brook Wind Farm, near North Tawton, Devon. The Inquiry, which ran during the latter part of July 2009, saw AMA's Dr St

AMA's Dr Stephen Holloway is to present a paper entitiled 'Can turbines and wildlife co-exist in the UK? - Lessons learned and future visions' at BWEA 31 in October 2009.  An abstract of the presentation follows below:The long-term f

Our latest 2009 newsletter is now availaible online - it contains a range of interesting articles and features, including one on Avian Collision Risk Modelling for wind farms and one on the latest amendments to the Habitats Regulations and the implic

On Saturday 28th June, The intrepid Dr James Cook, one of the senior team at AMA's Exeter office, donned his lycra padded shorts (not his usual weekend attire!) and set off on the 2009 Dartmoor Classic Cyclosportive

Sunday 12 July 2009 saw AMA team member Greg Slack from AMA's Sheffield office pulling on his running shorts for a charity very close to his heart - 'Different Strokes' - which is a specialist charity for young stroke survivors.  Wha

AMA Managing Director, Andrew McCarthy, recenlty appeared as the ecology expert witness for Devon County Council at a Public Inquiry into Compulsory Purchase Orders/Side Road Orders for the A380 South Devon Link Road (Kingskerswell by-pass), which ra

AMA was recently invited to present a paper on bats and wind farms at a Scottish Renewables seminar on birds and wind farms, held in Glasgow in May 2009. The two day event included contributions from speakers including The Crown Estate, Scottish