A new drama will use mobile phone footage and amateur actors to show what might happen if the lights went out in Britain. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/what-happens-if-the-lights-go-out-channel-4-drama-blackout-imagines-a-post-cyberattack-britain-8779207.html?origin=internalSearch
The PM has thrown his support behind shale gas at the expense of the green economy, and investors are taking notice http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/21/david-cameron-fracking-green-investors
The owner of Ascog Farm on Bute has lodged an appeal against the refusal of a planning application for three wind turbines on his land. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/local-headlines/appeal-lodged-over-ascog-wind-turbines-1-3056209
Proposals for eight wind turbines at Hill of Braco have been dealt another blow as Scottish Natural Heritage have objected to the plans. The proposed Hill of Braco Wind Farm has been earmarked for development at Moss of Cruden by PNE Wind. The plans were lodged with Aberdeenshire Council earlier Read more
The RSPB Scotland has welcomed the decision by Dumfries and Galloway Council to refuse permission for a meteorological mast at the site of a proposed wind farm near Sanquhar. The charity says the mast would have posed a risk to birds through collision with its tower and guy wires, and Read more
By Jamie Buchan Councillors have been told to deliver the killer blow to hugely unpopular plans for Buchan’s biggest windfarm. Planning officers yesterday urged members of the Buchan area committee to throw out proposals for an eight-turbine development at Hatton, south of Peterhead. The multimillion-pound project has generated widespread opposition Read more
By Cameron Brooks Finance Secretary John Swinney has claimed that a public perception that all windfarm applications are approved is a “myth”. He said 68% of 192 of turbine appeals examined by the Scottish Government between May 2007 and August 2013 were refused consent. The SNP minister told a public Read more
By Richard Milne, Nordic Correspondent The seeds of Ditlev Engel’s downfall were sown as the global financial crisis started Until Wednesday, Ditlev Engel was the last man standing at Vestas. Chief executive of the Danish wind turbine maker since 2005, he had in the past three years presided over four Read more