If ever there’s a competition for the most spectacularly pointless and wasteful project in engineering history, you’d be hard pressed to find a more promising candidate than the one announced this week, with great fanfare, by Energy Secretary Ed Davey. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/11425563/The-great-wind-farm-farce.html
By Richard Watt A wildlife conservation charity has criticised Scottish Water over plans to build a windfarm in the Angus Glens. Developer Eneco UK last month submitted plans for an 18-turbine windfarm to the Scottish Government. The proposed 59MW Macritch Hill development is intended for Scottish Water land Read more
Cabling associated with multi-million-pound offshore windfarms will likely be rerouted to protect Angus farmland. The infrastructure is associated with the Seagreen Alpha and Bravo developments planned east of Angus, which were among four offshore windfarms granted Scottish government consent last October. The Forth and Tay region schemes will Read more
The stock-market listed company which owns licences for underground coal gasification (UCG) off Fife in the Forth Estuary is currently carrying out a full environmental risk assessment – including a public health risk assessment – to support its forthcoming planning application. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/forthcoming-low-carbon-forth-estuary-coal-gasification-development-could-dwarf-scottish-renewables-wind-energy/
The leader of Fife Council has urged the UK Government to step in to safeguard the future of Longannet power station. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/uk-energy-minister-urged-to-help-save-longannet-power-station-1.842450
David Ross Highland Correspondent Donald Trump plans to use Freedom of Information legislation to make Aberdeen City Council reveal the contents of documents on the offshore wind farm he is convinced will blight his nearby golf development. The American billionaire insists work on the giant hotel and housing development, Read more
Tycoon Donald Trump has won his bid to force Aberdeen City Council to hand over documents relating to the off-shore windfarm close to his north east golf resort. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/498203/donald-trump-forces-council-hand-windfarm-documents/
Campaigners behind ‘Save Wigtown Bay’ said it was “disrespectful” of renewable energy firm, Ecotricity, to submit the bid while the Scottish Government was still considering its appeal against a ban on building a meteorological mast as part of the seven turbine site. Dumfries and Galloway Council previously ruled Read more