by Victoria Allen A WIND farm developer has been banned from handing out leaflets claiming that turbines could increase the value of nearby houses. West Coast Energy, which is hoping to build a wind farm in the Scottish Borders, used research from seven years ago and a study from the Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent CAMPAIGNERS are calling on developers planning a wind farm near the Cairngorms National Park to abandon the project. The Save Monadhliath Mountains (SMM) group welcomed last week’s decision by SSE to drop its plans for a 27-turbine wind farm at Dalnessie near Lairg in Sutherland and Read more
NEW investment in the marine energy sector will help establish a global engineering hub in Edinburgh, the Scottish Government has said. Tidal power company Atlantis Resources Corporation is to receive £2 million from the Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF) to set up the centre of excellence, which is expected to Read more
As a Barrhead resident, I was extremely relieved when the fight by Gateside and Barrhead residents against a planning application – for a wind turbine at Woodneuk Farm on the Fereneze Braes above Barrhead – resulted in the refusal of permission on the grounds of adverse visual and landscape impact. Read more