Fife could see an extra one million trees planted in its native soil over the next five years in a massive planned expansion of its woods and forests. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/five-year-strategy-for-a-million-new-trees-in-fife-1.175750
More than 250 people turned out at a meeting against plans for a windfarm. http://www.protectwildscotland.org/wind/pj-masses-turn-out-against-plans-for-turbines/
A windfarm planned for the Angus coastline would cover an area more than double the size of Dundee. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/planned-angus-windfarm-twice-as-big-as-dundee-1.175908
Siemens has scooped a £516million contract to provide turbines for the Dudgeon windfarm project in the North Sea. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/siemens-lands-516m-north-sea-windfarm-deal/
SCOTTISH local authorities will miss out on millions of pounds because of Alex Salmond’s obsession with wind and wave power, it was claimed yesterday. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/453713/Scotland-will-miss-out-on-fracking-payouts
A community wind turbine on Barra could be one of the most productive in Western Europe due to the incredible wind resource on the island. http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/barra-turbine-could-be-one-of-most-productive-in-western-europe-1-3267281
Proposals to force UK consumers to subsidise renewables in an independent Scotland, and buy back energy to keep the lights on, have been branded “wrong-headed” and “unworkable”. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/scotland-decides-snp-energy-plans-unworkable-warns-carmichael/
By Christian Oliver in Brussels Concerns over high energy costs in Europe are undermining support for the binding renewable targets that have been seen as one of the EU’s most visible environmental achievements. European commissioners are considering scrapping the targets for 2030 in a move that would please big utility Read more