A windfarm developer has appealed a decision by Perth and Kinross Council to refuse its application for a nine-wind turbine development it claims will bring £22.5 million of investment into Strathearn. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/strathearn-windfarm-developers-appeal-refusal-decision-1.129490
Scientists have had only limited success persuading us to care about climate change so perhaps it is time to call in the philosophers. That appears to be the approach of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has engaged a philosopher to help to produce its forthcoming report on how Read more
By Emily Gosden Offshore wind farms may not be built unless subsidies are increased, the government’s official climate change adviser has warned, in the latest blow to the Coalition’s energy policy. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has written to Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, to warn that “required investment Read more
Proposals to build two 80-metre wind turbines at Alvah – which attracted more than 200 objections – have been refused by Aberdeenshire Council. John McRobert of The Energy Workshop, Huddersfield, wanted to build the structures at Govel Hill, Stonieley, but the local authority refused planning permission as the application breached Read more