PLANS to build one of the largest windfarms in southern Scotland near Hawick have been unveiled. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/hawick/articles/2014/02/04/487254-windfarm-generates-debate-near-hawick/
AN EXCITING, new adventure will soon arrive in East Renfrewshire as construction begins on a network of bespoke mountain bike trails at Whitelee Windfarm. http://www.glasgowsouthandeastwoodextra.co.uk/news/local-headlines/on-yer-bike-to-whitelee-1-3292697
The Scottish Government has been urged not to buckle to pressure from energy firms over plans to ban windfarms from wild lands and establish boundaries between turbines and towns and villages. http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2014/02/energy-firms-line-blast-scottish-government-windfarms/
By Richard Milne, Nordic Correspondent Vestas is raising fresh capital as the Danish wind turbine maker reported its first quarterly profit in two-and-a-half years, wrapping up a restructuring that rescued it from the brink of financial disaster. The world’s second-largest maker of turbines will issue 20m new shares – equivalent Read more
Spain plans to set the return earned by renewable energy at 7.4 per cent, moving to curb subsidies to an industry that got 50 billion euros ($77 billion) in the past decade, according to draft rules seen by Bloomberg News. The rate on investment for clean-power plants was based on Read more
PARIS, Feb. 3 (UPI) — A split over France’s ban on shale gas development has emerged within the government, with one minister supporting an experimental type of “clean fracking. http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2014/02/03/French-minister-supports-allowing-clean-shale-gas-fracking/UPI-25851391403720/?spt=rln&or=1
A government agency set up to protect Scotland’s heritage has shocked windfarm opponents by failing to object to plans for a development close to a Highland beauty spot. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3561083
I am writing this to the sound of Atlantic waves crashing against the cliffs and gales blasting the windows of my home. It has been a rough winter here in Lewis and it ain’t over yet. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/02/chickens-finally-coming-home-roost/