A RENEWABLE energy firm’s appeal in support of a wind farm near Alemoor Loch, south west of Selkirk, will not be determined until at least next year. – http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/10/04/473715-delay-in-barrel-hill-wind-farm-appeal/
THE latest wind farm proposal in Ross-shire will be revealed at a series of public exhibitions later this month. A development of up to six turbines is being proposed by ABO Wind UK Ltd at Woodlands Farm near Dingwall on rough grazing land behind the Cnoc a’ Bhreacaich hill. http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/News/Plans-for-new-Dingwall-wind-farm-to-be-revealed-30092013.htm
The technology simply can’t compete, except for nuclear, of course By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor | Dec 18, 2012, 10:25 am EDT I visited with an old friend recently. He happens to be an electrical and materials engineer who served on a nuclear submarine in the Navy. So he Read more…
By Tim Pauling SCOTTISH windfarm planning policy was in disarray last night after a judge’s ruling overturned the SNP government’s approval of a huge turbine scheme in the islands. Confusion reigned at Holyrood as a former Scottish Government minister described Lady Clark’s decision to block the massive project on Shetland Read more…
Magnus Gardham Political Editor Energy minister Fergus Ewing warned Labour’s proposed 20-month price freeze, which the party has promised to enforce if it wins power in 2015, would lead to blackouts, put companies out of business and cut investment in renewables. In a strongly worded attack on Labour leader Ed Read more…
Magnus Gardham Political Editor THE Scottish Government is working with energy regulator Ofgem in a bid to save a number of major wind farm projects potentially at risk from a legal ruling. Only eight out of 53 outstanding applications before Holyrood ministers are known to have been granted a generating Read more…