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January 2015

Turbines at Barmoor near Berwick in Northumberland finally start turning/Chronicle Live

Turbines at Barmoor near Berwick have finally started turning after years of local residents trying to block the project http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/turbines-barmoor-near-berwick-northumberland-8491120

By SAS Volunteer, 11 years ago January 22, 2015

Windfarm operators paid as turbines power off – Carrick Gazette

Windfarm operators in the Carrick area have been paid almost £900,000 this year to power down due to extreme wind. Power firms qualify for the so-called constraint payments when wind farms are switched off when it is too windy. And the operators of the Hadyard Hill, Arecleoch and Mark Hill Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 11 years ago January 22, 2015

Hill Rig windfarm campaign begins again – Carluke Gazette

By Ross Thomson The fight to stop a windfarm being built near Kilncadzow has begun again – less than two months after councillors threw out the plans. The original Hill Rig Windfarm application, by Community Windpower Ltd, saw 230 letters of objection to the plans which would have seen the Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 11 years ago January 22, 2015

Proof that the wind industry cannot be relied upon for our electricity/The Telegraph

It’s not been a good few days for the wind industry, one of the most highly subsidised parts of the UK economy. The cold weather means that the public is, naturally enough, consuming far more energy to keep warm. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/11358770/Proof-that-the-wind-industry-cannot-be-relied-upon-for-our-electricity.html

By SAS Volunteer, 11 years ago January 21, 2015

RSPB Scotland encourages objections to controversial Flow Country windfarm/RSPB

RSPB Scotland has maintained its robust objection to controversial proposals by SSE for a huge windfarm at Strathy South, in the heart of the famous Flow Country peatlands of Sutherland. The conservation charity is urging others to make known their opposition to the plans by developers SSE as a public Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 11 years ago January 21, 2015

Mountaineering leaders object to Borders windfarm, Herald, 20 Jan 15

MOUNTAINEERS leaders have claimed plans for more than a dozen 400ft tall windfarms in the Borders would have a severe impact on the landscape. The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) is objecting to the 14 turbine Whitelaw Brae development in the upper Tweed Valley. It points out that it is Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 11 years ago January 21, 2015

Kirriemuir wind farm set to generate 30% of Scottish Water’s annual energy needs in new partnership with Eneco/Scottish Energy News

Dutch-based wind farm developer Eneco – which has a UK support base in Inverness – has applied for planning permission to build a new wind farm in Scotland in a partnership with Scottish Water which could generate around 142Gwh per annum – about 30% – of the utility’s annual energy Read more

By SAS Volunteer, 11 years ago January 20, 2015

‘Richard Branson of Renewables’ is California-dreaming of new wind farm in Wigtown/Scottish Energy news

Green renewable generator Ecotricity is proposing to build a new wind turbine parc near Wigtown in a joint venture with Skanska. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/richard-branson-of-renewables-is-california-dreaming-of-new-wind-farm-in-wigtown/

By SAS Volunteer, 11 years ago January 20, 2015

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