By Jamie Buchan Consultants are being drafted in to assess the impact of three giant windfarms proposed for parts of rural Perthshire. Perth and Kinross Council has issued a call for reinforcements to carry out a study of major turbine developments in the Highlands, Strathmore and Glens area of the Read more
Paul John Coulter A campaign has been launched to have plans for a near 80-metre tall wind turbine outside a Greenock factory blown off course. The newly-formed Inverclyde Wind Turbine Monitoring Group are piling pressure on Texas Instruments to scrap a proposal for the structure outside its Larkfield Industrial Estate Read more
Renewable energy projects seeking to bid for a share of the UK government’s new subsidy scheme will be invited to submit their plans next week, it has emerged.22 Jan 2015 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2015/january/uk-renewable-energy-subsidy-auctions-to-get-underway-earlier-than-expected/
Tory MPs have voted to support a Bill to scrap taxpayers’ subsidy for onshore wind turbines. http://www.imeche.org/news/engineering/mps-set-to-axe-onshore-wind-subsidy-22011502
The finding of part of a turbine blade on a road near a Borders wind farm and the collapse of a 100m turbine in Northern Ireland have raised safety concerns about wind farms. Turbines at Longpark wind farm near Stow are turning again after EDF Energy Renewables established that the Read more
By Morag Lindsay Donald Trump has renewed his legal challenge to an offshore windfarm which he claims is ruining his plans for an exclusive golf resort in the north-east. The US tycoon has raised a court action against Scottish Ministers who are backing the Aberdeen Bay scheme. He wants judges Read more
By Jane Candlish Anti-windfarm campaigners have called for a moratorium on new turbine developments in the north amid fears the region is being “swamped” by turbines. They claim 500 of the devices have been built or are planned within a few miles of iconic Loch Ness and want a full Read more
Rejection rate now double that when coalition came to power, as onshore wind power becomes major area of political tension http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/21/six-in-10-uk-onshore-wind-farms-rejected-report