A report written by Stuart Young in collaboration with Dr G. Lindsay on behalf of the Scoentific Alliance has been produced challenging the assertions made by WWF regarding wind energy power generation, and how the energy produced enough power for all of Scottish Households. Wind Turbines alone generaetd as estimated Read more
A controversial power line connecting the planned Stronelairg wind farm to Badenoch’s proposed Garva Bridge substation could go underground, according to the development team. http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/News/Open-day-for-controversial-substation-proposed-near-Laggan-04022015.htm
(Reuters) – The UK government intends to place at least 40 million shares in Greencoat UK Wind Plc (UKWG.L), a fund that invests in wind farms, via an accelerated bookbuilding to be launched immediately, one of the bookrunners on the deal said. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/uk-greencoat-uk-wnd-equity-idUKKBN0L90PK20150205?rpc=401
Planning bosses are recommending the latest wind farm application for Peeblesshire is turned down. Stevenson Hill Wind Energy Limited want to erect eight turbines above Romanno Bridge. Since a pre-application notice was first served by the company two years ago, the development has been scaled back from an original 25 Read more
Simon Bain Business Correspondent/Personal Finance Editor Ignacio Galán, chairman of ScottishPower, has outlined the group’s strategy for further multi-billion pound investments in renewables in the UK, with a strong focus on Scotland, in a lecture at the University of Strathclyde. Mr Galan, chairman and chief executive of ScottishPower’s owner Read more