MORE wind turbines could be erected in a Scottish beauty spot said to be already at saturation point after a council boss recommended new plans are given the green light. Perth and Kinross Council has received 52 letters of objecting to the latest plans to build seven turbines north of Read more
SIR, I was amazed to learn that a Scottish Hydro Electric transmission spokeswoman said “repairs are being carried out on the faulty relay” that allegedly caused the power cut on April 16 (“works to fend off blackouts”, P&J, May 10). I have been an electrical engineer for over 40 years Read more
Cuadrilla is preparing to submit planning applications by the end of this month to frack at two sites in Lancashire next year http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10823574/First-British-shale-gas-to-fuel-homes-next-year.html
Households will be able to apply for up to £7,300 through a new, more generous, phase of the Scottish Government’s Green Homes Cashback scheme. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/households-eligible-for-7300-energy-efficiency-loans-as-scotgovt-injects-further-15m-into-green-homes-scheme/
Inch Cape Offshore Windfarms Ltd (ICOL) sparked a storm of protest after unveiling plans to construct the concrete building north of Meadowmill, on top of the Battle of Prestonpans site. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/prestonpans/articles/2014/05/11/497772-further-consultation-on-plans-for-substation-on-historic-battle-and-waggonway-site/
PAYMENTS to green energy firms under a controversial government scheme that compensates them for wasted power have soared by more than 1,300%. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/scotland/article1409570.ece
by TERRY MURDEN A UNIVERSITY spin-out company is poised to become the first tidal energy technology developer to produce commercially viable electricity. Tests are now being carried out at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney on a turbine device and mooring system developed by renewable energy engineers in Glasgow. Read more
Sigrid Rausing, owner of the Granta publishing house and one of Britain’s richest women, says that with great wealth comes great responsibility By Mick Brown Sigrid Rausing is one of the wealthiest women in Britain. SNIP Sigrid Rausing also owns a 40,000-acre estate in the Monadhliath mountains in the Scottish Read more