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December 10, 2013

Work begins on Dingwall community wind turbine project/Energy Voice

Work has begun on Scotland’s first 100% community-owned wind energy project in Dingwall. Site preparation work is underway with trenches being dug and cables laid at the site at Knockbain Farm, just above the town of Dingwall. The Dingwall Wind Co-op, which will own and manage a 250kW wind turbine, Read more…

By SAS web admin, 9 years ago

New shale gas drilling areas to be revealed as communities promised £100,000 benefits for fracking/The Telegraph

Large swathes of Britain will be opened up for shale gas drilling under plans due to be announced next week, with local communities promised £100,000 in benefits for every well subjected to fracking – even if no gas is produced. Ministers are preparing to identify thousands of square miles of Read more…

By SAS web admin, 9 years ago

Government plans could make wind projects more expensive/Farmers Guardian

PLANS to give communities more of a say over wind turbine proposals are deeply flawed and will make smaller farm-based renewable energy schemes prohibitively expensive for farmers, an expert has warned. James Davis, who heads the planning team at property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall, which advises landowners on renewable energy schemes. Read more…

By SAS web admin, 9 yearsDecember 10, 2013 ago

Electricity discounts offered to local properties near wind farm/Cumnock chronicle

A WIND Farm developer has pledged cheaper electricity for more than 1200 homes should their plan be accepted. RES have proposed a 17 turbine project at Keirs Hill, Patna and they say the properties could be eligible for an annual electricity discount of £118 if the development becomes operational. RES’ Read more…

By SAS web admin, 9 years ago

MP welcomes cut to wind farm subsidies/Cumnock chronicle

A move to cut subsidy for onshore wind farms has been welcomed by Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell. The UK Government is to reduce funding levels for new turbines on land, while giving more backing to offshore projects. Ministers say they will cut support for onshore wind and Read more…

By SAS web admin, 9 years ago

One approved, one rejected as Angus windfarm plan appeal decisions revealed/The Courier

The Scottish Government has paved the way for a second commercial windfarm in Angus — while closing the door on another. Two reporters have upheld an appeal over the six-turbine development at Govals Farm near the A90 dual carriageway, exactly 10 years after the county’s first large-scale scheme negotiated its Read more…

By SAS web admin, 9 years ago

Why China’s renewables industry is headed for collapse/Financial Post

Bankruptcies abound as China’s central planners struggle to keep its green industry from rotting China’s aggressive push to “green” its economy and become the world leader in renewable energy is admired by many commentators in the West. Those admirers need to look again. The country’s solar panel industry, which went Read more…

By SAS web admin, 9 yearsDecember 10, 2013 ago

Wind farm subsidy cut ‘won’t make a difference’ , Berwickshire News

By Janice Gillie A reduction in onshore wind farm subsidies looks set to make very little difference to the number of turbines in the Berwickshire landscape. The UK Government announced last week that the subsidy for onshore wind farms was being reduced and subsidies for offshore turbines increasing, But despite Read more…

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