The landowner behind a giant solar farm development on the Dundee-Angus border is determined to go ahead with his plans, despite competition from a rival green energy project http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/landowner-determined-to-go-ahead-with-solar-farm-at-tealing-airfield-1.241354
Alex Salmond has refused to commit to any timescale for the arrival of 700 renewable energy jobs he promised Dundee two years ago. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/first-minister-unable-to-give-firm-date-for-dundee-renewables-jobs-bonanza-promised-in-2011-1.243110
By Jeevan Vasagar in Berlin Germany’s exports would have been €15bn higher last year if its industry had not paid a premium for electricity compared with international competitors, according to an analysis published on Thursday. Despite Germany’s strong export performance in recent years, Europe’s biggest economy has been dented by Read more
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
Banks Renewables, the proponents of a wind farm with massive turbines (132 metre tip height) that will threaten the historic landscape of the Sidlaw hills (which includes Macbeth’s Castle) have recently claimed the wind farm will enhance wildlife. SOSCampaign on Facebook The Braes of the Carse Conservation Group (BCCG) disputes Read more