Scotland Against Spin spokesperson Linda Holt said people were contacting the organisation with “horror, disbelief and desperation” at today’s consent for the Bhlaraidh wind farm. She said: “It makes a a complete mockery of the Scottish Government’s support for wild land, biodiversity and the tourist economy. 32 turbines of over Read more
Renewable energy to power around half of Scotland could be harnessed from the tides in a single stretch of water off the north coast of the country, according to new research. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/north-coast-tides-could-power-half-of-scotland-say-scientists.23212979
Germany’s economy minister wants to cut the support price paid for electricity from solar and wind power generators by about a third by 2015, according to a draft proposal for one of the most challenging economic reforms facing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s new government. http://www.theage.com.au/business/carbon-economy/germany-eyes-cuts-of-a-third-to-renewable-energy-support-by-2015-20140120-313bx.html
Plans by a care home firm for a wind turbine over 300ft high at Hawick are drawing flak, with one local councillor calling the scheme ridiculous. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/hawick-nursing-home-s-plan-for-334ft-wind-turbine-1-3269687
The Archbishop of Canterbury is being dragged into a wind farm row as permission is sought for 37 turbines in a woodland owned by the Church of England just north of the Border. The development is planned by energy giant RES for Dykeraw Forest south Chesters village, near Hawick. Twenty Read more
Simon Bain Business Correspondent/Personal Finance Editor I&H Brown, the family-owned civil engineer and developer, lifted its pre-tax profit from £4.3 million to £5.9m last year and believes its substantial land assets will play into Scotland’s housing market recovery. The sale of two farms near Kirkcaldy for Diageo’s new £46m bonded Read more
In the early stages of a new technology, it can be hard to judge the scale of the possible economic benefits, but even so, the potential of tidal energy for Scotland looks impressive. Engineers from Edinburgh and Oxford universities estimate that turbines placed in one stretch of the Pentland Firth Read more