A four-day hearing for Donald Trump’s legal challenge to a wind farm project in Aberdeen bay has been set for November, BBC Scotland has learned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24158577
Construction of Samsung’s offshore wind turbine at Methil has taken a major step forward with the arrival of the structure’s foundation jacket. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/world-s-largest-and-most-powerful-turbine-1-3099879
Stuart Young is absolutely right in his comments about the weakness of the planning system in dealing with wind turbine applications (“Approval for wind turbines sparks protest at ring of steel”, The Herald, September 18). We are in the midst of a feeding frenzy for international wind speculators and Read more
Written by HUGH ROSS Fears about a “supercluster” of turbines in Caithness – amid warnings of a renewables industrialisation – led to mixed results for expectant wind farm developers yesterday. A marathon planning debate in Inverness, which was ongoing as the Caithness Courier went to press, saw far north councillors Read more
RSPB Scotland has confirmed it is to object to the proposal for a large-scale wind farm being proposed in the heart of the Flow Country, which is currently being considered as a potential World Heritage Site. http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/RSPB-Scotland-to-object-to-Strathy-South-wind-farm-proposal-18092013.htm
The new Australian Cabinet will be the first in six years to not have a ministerial role for climate change issues, merging instead global warming with the wider environment portfolio. http://www.thegwpf.org/over-australia-abolishes-climate-change-department/
A wealthy businessman has admitted he will make £80,000 a year from erecting a 150ft wind turbine – despite opposition from neighbours. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2423824/Businessman-admits-wind-turbine-earn-80-000-year-defends-plans-huge-local-opposition.html#ixzz2fEG1tmCq
A LEADING Scots environmental campaigner has accused a firm planning to extract methane gas from coal beds near Falkirk of trying to gag him with the threat of legal action after he spoke out publicly against the scheme. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/green-activist-in-energy-firm-gagging-row.22185007