The latest figures show that there has been a surge in the number of planning-permission approvals for onshore wind farms, more than doubling in two years from 83, in January to August 2011, to 188 during the same period this year. Supporters of wind farms will doubtless offer this as Read more
Colin Donald Business Editor, Sunday Herald Taylor Hopkinson, the Glasgow-based renewables recruitment specialist, has seen turnover soar by 124% to £1.65 million as employment in the UK renewables industry continues to expand. Taylor Hopkinson handles recruitment for wind farms both off and onshore The international company – which was founded Read more
by TOM PETERKIN MORE than 2,500 wind farm applications have been made to Scotland’s local authorities over the past 18 months, a survey of councils has revealed. Figures released under Freedom of Information legislation have disclosed that council staff have handled 2,508 applications in the past year and a half Read more
WHEN war breaks out between large energy companies and politicians it provokes the wistful reaction: if only they both could lose. On this occasion, such an outcome is not impossible. When Ed Miliband produced his conference-pleasing pledge to freeze energy prices for 20 months, the knee-jerk Tory reaction was to Read more
By Richard Watt Councils across Scotland are now dealing with seven windfarm applications a day. Local authorities in Courier Country are among those labouring under a huge number of applications. Fife and Aberdeenshire authorities have received the largest number of applications, 196 and 428, respectively. The Scottish Conservatives have called Read more
Plans for a single turbine in a remote Ross-shire community “struggling for survival” have whipped up a full-scale battle that has drawn almost 500 representations from across the country. A leading light behind the Coigach Community Development Company (CCDC) proposals for a community-owned turbine at Achvraie at Achiltibuie yesterday claimed Read more
A new paper has found hitherto undiscovered rhythms in the climate. What is today regarded as random natural variability actually conforms to a “standing wave” (aka, Mexican Wave) pattern, boffins have found, meaning the climate is much more predictable than previously thought. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/11/mexican_wave_climate_variability/
The row over domestic energy prices has intensified as the head of one of the big six companies accused Ed Miliband of risking investment in Britain and laying the ground for blackouts by proposing a fuel price freeze. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/11/scottishpower-labour-energy-price-freeze