The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due out next week. If the leaked draft is reflected in the published report, it will constitute the formal moving on of the debate from the past, futile focus upon “mitigation” to a new debate about resilience Read more
Plans to erect a 50 metre-high mast in Auchtertool have been approved by councillors. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/windfarm-testing-mast-approved-at-auchtertool-1.285553
Developers are facing an Angus Council thumbs-down for a green scheme they claim could generate a £1 million-a-year community windfall. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/angus-council-planners-recommending-refusal-of-nathro-hill-windfarm-1.285550
German company gives boost to offshore wind industry with £160m investment Manufacturing company Siemens is to invest £160m in wind turbine production and installation facilities in the UK, creating 1,000 new jobs. The German company had been working on plans to invest £80m, which would have led to 700 jobs, Read more
Greig Cameron Deputy Business Editor Greencoat UK Wind has said its assets outperformed expectations with operations in Scotland among the biggest contributors. The investment fund said generation in the period between April and December last year was 7.6% ahead of target. Within that the 36-turbine Braes of Doune wind farm Read more