Fergus Ewing, Scottish Energy Minister, is schedule to provide an update on progress of the national grid connections to the Scottish Islands next month. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-energy-minister-to-report-progress-on-islands-grid-connector/
HE Prime Minister says Britain has almost reached the limit for onshore wind energy. http://www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/136261/david-cameron-britain-almost-at-limit-for-onshore-wind-energy-.aspx
PLANS to build two wind turbines close to where Scotland suffered its worst military disaster have finally been rejected. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/07/31/505721-flodden-windfarm-blown-out-/
CARLUKE resident Suzanne Darroch is worried about wind turbines almost as high as the Forth Road Bridge being built in countryside outside the front of her home. http://www.carlukegazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/hill-rig-windfarm-angers-kilncadzow-locals-1-3494896
THE company behind the Little Raith Wind Farm project near Mossmorran has hit back at critics who slammed extension plans. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/villages/articles/2014/07/31/505499-windfarm-firm-hits-back-at-critics/
David Ross Highland Correspondent A crackdown has been launched against developers who make wind turbines look smaller than their real size in planning applications. Companies applying for permission to build wind farms are to be given new planning guidelines amid fears some councils are being tricked into giving them the Read more
A proposed wind farm that received nearly 5000 objections and was opposed by two Ayrshire councils has been approved in a shock decision by the Scottish Government. This week anti wind-farm campaigners were calling it a betrayal and say they are disgusted by the decision. Last week it was revealed Read more
Plans for two wind turbines have been given the green light by councillors. The proposal for two 79.6m turbines at Herscha Hill, near Auchenblae, were approved by Kincardine and Mearns area committee. The plans were recommended for approval by Aberdenshire Council after the local authority carried out an assessment of Read more