Wind, solar, biomass and other renewable energy projects that are built or have planning consent will be enough to meet EU targets, report claims http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10797041/UK-has-already-approved-enough-green-energy-to-hit-targets.html
A thousand applications for renewable energy projects, including wind and solar farms, may be causing needless anxiety for homeowners because enough have already been granted planning permission to meet Britain’s 2020 green targets, a study has found. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4081666.ece
More than half of all voters (53%) living in the Highlands and Islands want greater protection for ‘wild land’ from the spread of wind turbines – which many local communities and conservationists consider controversial. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/most-highlands-voters-want-greater-protection-from-wind-farms-on-wild-land/
ENOUGH is enough is the strong message being sent this week by residents of a scenic stretch of Clydesdale countryside, claiming that they have an ‘ever-growing windfarm’ on their doorsteps. http://www.carlukegazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/objections-against-muirhall-windfarm-expansion-1-3394363
A RAFT of community projects are to benefit from a development fund linked to onshore windfarms. A new visitor centre in the Great Glen and an essential upgrade to an off-grid community hydro electric scheme in Knoydart are among ventures that will share £1 million from SSE’s new Highland Sustainable Read more
MOST domestic customers will be happy with the sentiments in Jenny Hogan’s letter regarding the upgrading of power lines (Letters, May 5), but they will not be sure who pays. There is SSE Power Distribution and SSE Transmission Ltd in the north and Ms Hogan also mentions National Grid. It Read more