Renewable energy company Seagreen wants to change the route of its underground cables at a berry-growing farm in Angus. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/seagreen-looks-to-alter-route-of-power-cables-from-angus-offshore-windfarm-1.540936
Campaigners against the proposed extension to Little Raith windfarm have accused Kennedy Renewables of leaving communities more than £1.6 million out of pocket. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/call-for-little-raith-windfarm-firm-to-up-community-benefit-pot-1.540973
A MULTI-MILLION pound project to route an underground power line through the heart of Banffshire to connect an offshore wind farm to the National Grid has been backed by local councillors. http://www.banffshire-journal.co.uk/News/Underground-cable-project-gains-support-25082014.htm
Environmentalists have launched legal action to block the decision to approve, without a public inquiry, SSE’s plans for the largest wind farm yet in the Highlands. The John Muir Trust has now lodged a petition to the Court of Session asking for a judicial review of the decision in June Read more…
RENEWABLEUK issued a press release recently hailing the 22 per cent of UK electricity production that came from renewables on Sunday, August 17. Most of this (about 16 per cent) was wind. It claimed this showed “that wind is a dependable and reliable source of power in every month of Read more…
Ten wind farms have each been paid more than £3 million over the past three years to shut down their turbines, with one alone receiving £11 million By Edward Malnick A wind farm has been paid £11 million not to produce electricity, The Telegraph can disclose. An analysis shows that Read more…
By Richard Burdge A conservation charity has claimed that a controversial windfarm in Highland Perthshire would be “a stab in the heart” for Scotland’s most unspoiled landscapes. The John Muir Trust, which is based in Pitlochry, has lodged an objection to the proposed Talladh-a-Bheithe project, which would lie just north Read more…
Generating electricity creates noise, but the traditional nuclear, coal and gas fired power stations are all positioned some considerable distance from human habitation. Not so wind turbines where “official guidance” stipulates that turbines should be no closer than 1.5 miles from habitation – although the Noise Abatement Society recommends a Read more…