A wind farm which will generate enough electricity to power around 14,000 homes has officially been opened in Scotland. http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/09/13/25mw-wind-farm-officially-open-in-scotland/
Movie fans at a tiny Perthshire village cinema will soon be enjoying sharper dialogue and louder explosions thanks to a cash boost from a nearby windfarm. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/glenfarg-cinema-makes-sound-investment-thanks-to-windfarm-1.573751
Plans for wind turbines at the proposed West Sands Visitor Centre have been abandoned by Fife Coast and Countryside Trust amid growing opposition to the scheme. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/west-sands-visitor-centre-turbine-plans-blown-away-1-3539852
The tide is coming in. Alan Taylor visited the capital, the Borders, Lanarkshire, Tayside and Shetland in an effort to gauge attitudes to the independence referendum. SNIP My journey took me from south to north, east to west. It began in the Borders when darkness fell at four in the Read more
THE boss of a renewable energy company has resigned after making offensive comments about gays and disabled people on social media. Matt Braund was the Inverness-based project development manager for ABO Wind UK, a subsidiary of a German offshore wind company, which is spearheading a £390 million investment programme in Read more
By Michael Alexander Contentious plans for giant wind turbines in parks, schools and leisure centres have been approved by Fife Council amid concerns that communities in their shadow will see no benefit. The project has been approved as a way of slashing the council’s £13 million a year energy bills, Read more
SCIENTISTS have taken a major step forward in the production of hydrogen as a renewable energy source, a move that could provide a major breakthrough in the generation of power from clean sources. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/new-technique-fuels-hopes-for-cleaner-energy.25295693
By Jamie Buchan Green energy developers have mounted a bid to rescue a controversial plan to expand a Highland Perthshire windfarm. The 14-turbine Calliacher development was completed at Amulree last year. Earlier this summer, an attempt by Perth-based project leaders I&H Brown to extend the project by a further seven Read more