May 2014

The UK Ministry of Defence is set to withdraw standing objections to hundreds of megawatts of proposed wind farms around the Eskdalemuir nuclear test-ban monitoring facility in southern Scotland following publication of new independent scientific evidence that wind turbines do not materially interfere with seismic monitoring. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scots-wind-farms-to-power-500000-uk-homes-after-wind-ustry-wins-battle-over-ministry-of-defence-objections/

Research into the impact of onshore wind turbines on tourism in Northumberland has been welcomed by a senior Labour politician. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/impact-of-turbines-on-tourism-is-examined-1-3425225

OPPONENTS of wind farms have claimed that the increasing reliance on them could plunge Scotland into darkness. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/478877/More-wind-farms-could-lead-to-blackouts?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-uk-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+UK+Feed%29

Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor A CONTROVERSIAL windfarm proposal which would have earned the Scottish Conservatives’ environment spokesman more than £8 million has been refused planning permission. The 45 megawatt Ardchonnel windfarm would have been one of the largest in Argyll had it been allowed on the estate of Sir Read more

Plans to meet all Scottish energy needs through renewable sources by 2020 are challenging. Our expert panel discussed how it could be achieved http://www.theguardian.com/big-energy-debate/scotland-energy-crisis-next-without-nuclear

ENERGY Minister Fergus Ewing has blown away plans for a new wind farm near Oxton. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/05/27/498820-oxton-windfarm-blown-out/

by Douglas Lindsay, with Dr Ian Shackleton, senior lecturer at the Glasgow School of Politics and Football SNIP A vision of Scotland covered in giant wind turbines, all of which stand idle, as barely a zephyr of wind crosses the country, was presented this morning, but it wasn’t a page Read more

DAVID Watson is correct to highlight the fact that the capacity of hydro-electric pump storage is difficult to expand significantly to provide “base-load” back-up for a renewables-based power supply system for Scotland (“We still do not have a solution for storing energy from renewables”, Herald Agenda, May 26). However, I Read more