Maybole wind plan unveiled/Daily Record
Plans have been unveiled for a Carrick wind farm – and residents are being urged to have their say. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/maybole-wind-plan-unveiled-4343034
Video: Outlander author Diana Gabaldon joins fight against vast Rannoch Moor wind farm/Scotland Now
OUTLANDER author Diana Gabaldon has condemned plans for a wind farm near Loch Rannoch where scenes for the new epic TV serialisation of her work were filmed. http://www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/outlander-author-diana-gabaldon-joins-4343432
The 1,000 onshore wind turbines on way that we DON’T need: letter reveals all current projects at planning stage are surplus to requirements/Daily Mail
A least 1,000 will be built than needed to meet Whitehall energy targets Britain will exceed capacity needed to meet EU renewable energy targets All projects in the planning system are surplus to requirements Details revealed in letter from Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary Ed Davey to Labour MP Mary Creagh Read more…
Holyrood Tories table motion today against controversial Rannoch Moor wind farm/Scottish Energy News
Tory Holyrood MPs – with Labour and LibDem support – have tabled a motion for debate in parliament tomorrow which is aimed at putting Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing on the spot in the environmental debate over controversially siting wind parcs in ‘sensitive’ rural areas and/or in Scotland’s ‘wild lands’. Read more…
No vote powers more wind farm investment – The Herald
Mark Williamson Group Business Correspondent A LONDON-BASED renewable energy investor is eyeing wind farms in Scotland and said the no vote in the independence referendum will make it easier to raise money to buy assets in the sector. Greencoat UK Wind said it is looking at a number of wind Read more…
MSP goes against his party over wind farm – The Herald
AN SNP MSP has defied his government’s planning policy by backing plans for a 22-turbine wind farm project on wild land in northern Scotland. Rob Gibson, who is convener of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, claims the Creag Riabhach scheme at Altnaharra in Sutherland would reap economic Read more…
Wind farm exhibition generates debate in Borders – Border Telegraph
A public exhibition is to be held next week into a proposed wind farm in the Scottish Borders. West Coast Energy want to build 10 turbines at Weetroot near Westruther in Berwickshire. The developers will outline plans for a community benefit fund at the exhibition which is being held at Read more…