Before the Obama Administration marches America to renewable-energy nirvana, it may want to inspect what success looks like in Europe. The Continent is much closer than the U.S. to realizing its dream of replacing carbon energy sources with wind and solar, and the dream is starting to look like a Read more
Blackdog, Scotland — Just over 60 households objected to the substation Vattenfall proposed to build over an old and contaminated landfill 400 feet away from their homes. As the late October decision day for the Formartine Area Committee nears, the Protect Blackdog movement is gaining momentum. Local leaders collected and Read more
Over 2500 applications for windfarms were submitted to Scottish councils in the past 18 months, with 428 of them in Aberdeenshire. http://www.deesidepiper.co.uk/news/local-headlines/over-1000-turbines-with-planning-consent-in-shire-1-3143784
Residents of a Fife town which overlooks a chemical plant and wind farm have blasted plans for another turbine near their public park. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/plans-for-turbine-near-lochgelly-park-slammed-1.142318
Developers have tried to build scores of wind turbines on Angus countryside over the past year. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/storm-wind-turbine-bids-in-angus-countryside-1.141981
Engineers constructing a major new power line have reached a milestone with half of the controversial project now complete. A total of 267 pylons on the 137-mile Beauly to Denny line have now been erected, according to the company carrying out the bulk of the work. The line, which will Read more
By Ryan Crighton Government-backed plans to build hundreds of wind turbines on the Northern and Western Isles will lose £700million, it has emerged. Energy Secretary Ed Davey announced last month the islands could be in line for scores of new windfarm schemes after the UK Government confirmed plans to offer Read more
It is a sight that will cheer campaigners across the land. After blighting the Yorkshire Dales for more than two decades, four giant turbines have been removed from the stunning landscape – the first ever windfarm in Britain to be scrapped. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2461999/Yorkshire-Dales-wind-farm-Britain-torn-down.html