MORE than 170 people have already signed an online petition to stop a wind turbine being built at Dunfermline Public Park. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/dunfermline/articles/2014/03/19/492109-more-than-170-sign-online-petition-to-stop-wind-turbine-at-dunfermline-public-park/
Tom Greatrex Energy industry specialists, investors and others have been in Edinburgh at the Scottish Renewables conference. The trade body is keen to highlight the success the renewable energy sector has been in Scotland. It is right to do so. When UK grid infrastructure work is included, almost 12,000 people Read more
A Lochgelly campaign group is critical of Fife Council’s plans to examine putting turbines up in some 30 sites across the Kingdom. Communities across Fife are getting the chance to talk to Fife Council about their proposals to develop wind turbines and an information event is to be held at Read more
The Scottish Government is being called on to act now to protect wild lands as a survey reveals that wind farms in mountain areas are damaging a key area of tourism. The call from Scotland’s representative body for mountaineering comes ahead of a debate at Holyrood when MSPs will discuss Read more
A LOCHGELLY campaign group is critical of Fife Council’s plans to examine putting turbines up in some 30 sites across the Kingdom. – See more at: http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/lochgelly/articles/2014/03/17/491891-lochgelly-campaigners-critical-of-councils-turbine-stance/#sthash.Dq08Fq7J.dpuf http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/lochgelly/articles/2014/03/17/491891-lochgelly-campaigners-critical-of-councils-turbine-stance/
A leading conservation charity is urging politicians to put wild areas before money. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/john-muir-trust-urges-scottish-government-to-protect-wild-areas-1.273389
French energy firm EDF have acquired the Barmoor wind farm project near Berwick from US firm Duke Energy and Norwegian outfit Statkaft UK Ltd http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/edf-aquires-barmoor-wind-farm-6839733
Young people are among the strongest supporters of offshore wind while the majority are against fracking, a poll has shown. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/03/young-people-back-offshore-wind-projects/