January 9, 2014

Interview with Stuart Young broadcast on last nights STV 6pm news. (Constraint Payments) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFRQgLy_3A

A decision on plans for a pair of wind turbines near Felkington Farm, Norham, was deferred because of a council oversight. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/turbine-plans-deferred-1-3261054

The fate of £95,000 in public money used to help draw up the doomed plans for three wind turbines at Ascog Farm remains unclear this week. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/local-headlines/fate-of-ascog-wind-cash-still-unclear-1-3262137

Lewis Wind Power (LWP), developers of the Stornoway Wind Farm, has confirmed that it has accepted a grid offer from National Grid, helping boost the case for the delivery of the new Western Isles grid connection http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/paving-the-way-for-energy-development-stornoway-wind-farm-accepts-grid-offer-1-3262133

Lib Dem Mp Tim Farron said of the flooding: “The science is clear that the extreme weather is at least in part a destructive and inevitable consequence of climate change.” http://www.thegwpf.org/sun-editorial-blast-hot-air/

Householders in Wick, Caithness, were to receive their heat and power from a wood-chip-powered plant, run by a not-for-profit company set up by Highland Council. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/452801/Biomass-eco-project-is-shut-down-in-11-5m-green-energy-fiasco

Some 2,510 hectares of forest have been cut down since the SNP started their drive towards wind energy and having Scotland produce 100% of its energy from renewables. Figures obtained from the Forestry Commission Scotland through a freedom of information request have revealed that millions of trees in Scotland have Read more

A wind farm company wants to build turbines near an historic Elizabethan house in a test case predicted to set a precedent for other sites http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10548424/Wind-farm-test-case-could-seen-hundreds-of-turbines-near-historic-sites.html