We have the annual occurrence of many households in the Highlands suffering the loss of power because of storm force winds. Outages can last for days, when need is greatest. As a matter of urgency, the Scottish Parliament should compel the power companies to replace overhead lines with underground infrastructure. Read more
By Stuart Gillespie The council has had to ditch a plan to force windfarm developers to give money to local communities. The move comes after officials sought legal advice on their windfarm community benefit policy. The economy, environment and infrastructure committee was told on Tuesday that around £400,000 a year Read more
By Rob McLaren A farm four kilometres north of Laurencekirk is seeking to install a 48-metre wind turbine. Mains of Pittarrow Farm is proposing to construct a 100kW turbine with a rotor diameter of 23.6m and a hub height of 36.8m. The application also details the need for associated works, Read more
Investigations have shown a component found near a Scottish Borders wind farm did not fall from its turbines. EDF Energy Renewables shut down its Longpark site near Stow this week after the discovery of the three-metre piece of fibreglass. However, it has now emerged that the “spoiler” was being stored Read more