Oil giant Statoil will use its Peterhead offshore windfarm plans to search for a green energy first – turbines that can survive without government subsidies. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/05/statoil-aims-offshore-windfarm-requires-subsidy/
CROSSGATES Community Council have objected to plans to build the tallest wind turbines in Fife next to the village. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/villages/articles/2014/05/26/499264-village-blast-against-tallest-wind-turbines-in-fife/
THE announcement of a possible doubling in the capacity of the Cruachan hydro-electric scheme in Argyll has stimulated public debate around the perception of pumped storage as a means of storing the energy randomly and inconsistently generated by “renewables” such as wind turbines. Pumped storage involves the pumping of water, Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent Two vital projects on a remote Hebridean island could be undermined because its community wind turbine lost around £150,000 in revenue in the first three months of this year due to failed grid connections. The wind was turning the blades of Tiree’s turbine, christened Tilley, but Read more
Exclusive By Rob Edwards Environment Editor A senior member of bird charity RSPB Scotland has called for more careful consideration of wind farm planning after it emerged a wind turbine was officially blamed for killing a rare sea eagle. The Sunday Herald can reveal a white-tailed sea eagle, reintroduced as Read more
William Legge, the Earl of Dartmouth, says he objects to the wind turbines on the West Yorkshire plot he once owned http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10851796/Aristocrat-claims-relative-owns-wind-farm-land-despite-his-name-on-paperwork.html
The last time tempers were this high around here was almost exactly 500 years ago at the Battle of Flodden — the biggest Anglo-Scottish punch-up in history. And not much has changed in this stunning corner of Northumberland since then. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2637981/Dirty-tricks-greed-ruined-idyll-proves-wind-turbine-plague-ISNT-ROBERT-HARDMAN-stormy-issue-green-subsidies.html
Restrictions in finance and delays to both planning and grid connections are preventing Scotland’s rural communities from achieving the full benefits of renewable energy – according to a warning from a UK land agency. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-renewable-projects-restricted-by-planning-finance-and-grid-obstacles/