A RENEWABLES jobs boom for the Highlands moved a step closer as the Port of Ardersier secured the full backing of the Scottish Government for plans to turn the former oil fabrication yard on the Moray Firth into a manufacturing “super-hub” for offshore wind. http://www.highland-news.co.uk/News/Former-oil-yard-set-for-jobs-boost-20082014.htm
South Korean giant Samsung Heavy Industries has refused to be drawn on the future of its flagship £100 million wind turbine programme in Fife. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/business/news/shi-refuses-to-be-drawn-on-future-of-methil-turbine-project-1.533873
DALMELLINGTON is bracing itself for another wind farm proposal – the third in the last six months. http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/08/21/507605-another-wind-farm-proposal-for-dalmellington/
The development would see 24 wind turbines built on land between Loch Rannoch and Loch Ericht http://www.tgomagazine.co.uk/news/rannoch-wind-farm-to-be-debated-in-parliament
Mark Williamson Group Business Correspondent A LONDON-based renewable energy investment company has bought two wind farms in Scotland underlining its confidence in the commercial potential of such assets in the country. Greencoat UK Wind bought a 51.6 per cent stake in the North Rhins Wind Farm in Dumfries and Galloway Read more
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond sees energy as an ace in an independent Scotland’s pack. Enviable renewable energy resources, among the best in Europe, could be at the heart of a world-beating new industry, he argues. The No campaign does not dispute their worth but argues Scottish renewables will only achieve Read more
By Joshua King A contentious wind turbine project which split a north-east community was on the brink of collapse last night after councillors threw out a landowner’s proposals. Banffshire farmer James Gammie had applied to build three turbines on neighbouring plots of land, claiming they would give a much-needed economic Read more
By Claire Warrender The UK and Scottish Governments have been accused of “turning cartwheels to inflict monstrosities” on the people of Fife. The comments by Graham Lang, chairman of anti-wind turbine group Scotland Against Spin, follow an announcement that a Dutch firm wants to build two demonstration turbines off the Read more