February 2015

An appeal against plans to build a major wind farm in Shetland has been dismissed by the Supreme Court http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-31154837

    Written by RWE Innogy Renewable Energy company, RWE Innogy, urges the Prime Minister to maintain his support for wind farms and suggests reforms that would increase efficiency and the reduce the number of turbines. How do you cut the number of wind turbines, reduce their reliance on subsidy Read more

  http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/scotland/article1516825.ece Call for Whitelee ‘pollution’ probe Traces of toxic compound in water samples taken near Scottish Power wind farm fuel fresh concern, write Mark Macaskill and Lauryn Reid Mark Macaskill and Lauryn Reid Published: 8 February 2015   Whitelee is Britain’s largest onshore wind farm Whitelee is Britain’s largest Read more

The Supreme Court will deliver its judicial decision on plans for the Viking Energy windfarm tomorrow. http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/02/08/decision-day-looms-in-windfarm-legal-fight

RENEWABLE energy firms should pay compensation to householders whose lives are blighted – and properties devalued – by the proximity of wind turbines. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/borders/articles/2015/02/08/523462-wind-pressure-group-wants-compensation-and-slams-duplicitous-developers/

    Proposals for a wind turbine at an Arbroath maltings has attracted nearly 100 objections during the application phase. Last month Bairds Malt, Elliot Industrial Estate, submitted an application to Angus Council to build a wind turbine which the firm believes would furnish the site with around a third Read more

    THE Scottish Government’s much-trumpeted Wild Land policy is reaching its first major test. A decision by the Scottish Government to consent the proposed Allt Duine wind farm in the Monadhliath Mountains, located adjacent to the Cairngorms National Park, would signal a very premature death for what might have Read more