Joe Hockey has labeled wind turbines “utterly offensive”, indicating that renewable energy funding and environmental agencies will both be pared back in the upcoming budget http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/wind-turbines-are-utterly-offensive-joe-hockey-tells-alan-jones
Though Australia’s treasurer, Joe Hockey, says wind turbines are ‘utterly offensive’ and a ‘blight on the landscape’, the towering masts with their slowly turning blades can inspire awe. Here is a roundup of images from around the world celebrating the windfarms that help to power our way of life http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/may/02/the-beauty-of-windfarms-in-pictures
THERE may well be some communities around Scotland where wind turbines have been enthusiastically embraced (Leader Comment, The Herald, May 1), but for others the financial benefits have not been worth the divisions that have been caused between neighbours, friends and relatives. Last week saw the publication of Natural Scotland’s Read more
HAVING digested Jenny Hogan’s defence of wind power (“Time truth was told about the vital role of renewables in our wellbeing,” Agenda, The Herald, April 22), I feel I must respond. As the policy director of Scottish Renewables she is clearly concerned that wind energy is getting an increasingly bad Read more
Renewable energy can be a divisive issue, particularly the setting up of wind turbines. Donald Trump, the new owner of the Turnberry Golf Resort, famously tried to block an offshore windfarm from being built within sight of his Aberdeenshire golf course, complaining it would spoil the view. Fortunately, cooler heads Read more
Tim Sharp City Editor A SURGE in renewable and hydroelectric energy production by ScottishPower thanks to a wet and windy winter was not enough to offset the impact of closing Cockenzie power station, leading to a fall in generation in the first quarter of 2014. The Glasgow-based company reported a Read more
by Ron Harris Plans for another new windfarm in a highly-sensitive part of the Clydesdale countryside have been scaled down, even before a formal planning application has been lodged. The developers of the proposed Hill Rig Windfarm have reduced from nine to eight turbines they hope to erect in farmland Read more