A COURTROOM battle between Donald Trump and a windfarm team is to get under way tomorrow. http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/trump-and-windfarm-team-face-courtroom-battle-over-aberdeen-turbines-plan-1.797187
By David Kerr A windfarm developer has submitted plans for a new 13 turbine project above Loch Ness. If granted planning permission, developer RES say that Culachy Wind Farm will bring more than £3.6million into the local economy during construction and the first year of operation. The Glasgow-based company have Read more
By Jane Candlish Members of the public will get their latest look at plans to connect two proposed windfarms to the electricity network later this month. Scottish Hydro Electric Tranmission (Shet) is considering burying some cables as part of the project to link the Bhlaraidh and Beinneun windfarms to the Read more
Plans for a wind farm development in Tweedsmuir have been submitted to the Scottish government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-30878219
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has announced a new organisational structure and management team – including a dedicated wind energy division focusing – in part – on UK expansion. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scots-wind-farms-with-senvion-turbines-form-part-of-2-5bn-vattenfall-expansion-in-uk/
The next few weeks will be crunch time for the future of fracking in Scotland – an issue whose profile was raised by the referendum http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/19/scottish-government-decision-on-fracking-imminent
Tracy McVeigh It was the closure of the railway in 1950 that did for Wigtown, leading to the shutdown of the local creamery and slow decline from what was once described as the quaintest town in the country into a boarded-up place reeking of neglect. Things took a turn for Read more
Plans to build a facility on Tyneside to make foundations for wind farms has been postponed due to “lack of confidence” in the industry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-30853143