John Swinney, Finance Secretary, has announced that the Scottish government’s new carbon management plan will be published ‘in the near future’. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/new-scot-govt-carbon-management-plan-to-be-published-soon/
The John Muir Trust has urged residents in Highland Perthshire and visitors to object to a 24-turbine wind farm on the Talladh-a-Bheithe estate between Loch Rannoch and Loch Ericht. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/john-muir-trust-says-24-turbine-rannoch-wind-farm-development-would-fatally-undermine-wild-land-map/
Two new 2 Megawatt turbines were added to the already 13-turbine site in the Ochil Hills earlier this month. http://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/07/29/505283-burnfoot-hill-wind-farm-now-home-to-15-turbines-/
BOSSES of some of East Ayrshire’s best-known businesses have thrown their support behind a Cumnock wind farm project, insisting it will create jobs, deliver significant community benefit and an economic boost for the area. http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/07/29/505334-business-bosses-back-wind-farm-proposal/
Though the council’s planning department has the final say on whether a wind farm can go ahead, developers of wind power installations often provide some form of payment to local communities in the form of funding of local projects or groups. http://www.irvinetimes.com/news/kilwinning/articles/2014/07/30/505337-windfarm-chiefs-fail-to-pay-the-benefits/