Willowind Energy Ltd say they are looking forward to a Scottish Government decision on the Linfairn proposals. http://www.troontimes.com/news/ayr/articles/2015/03/19/527533-willowind-hit-back-over-windfarm-ko/
The UK gas and electricity market regulator OFGEM has fined Perth-based generator SSE £100,000 after SSE’s pricing signals resulted in it receiving excessive constraint payments. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-southern-energy-fined-100000-for-fiddling-its-own-power-bills/
Press release Renewable Energy: the most expensive domestic policy disaster in modern British history In a new report Central Planning with Market Features: how renewable subsidies destroyed the UK electricity market, published Wednesday 18 March, Rupert Darwall shows that recent energy policy represents the biggest expansion of state Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent Donald Trump is pressing ahead with his multi-million pound golf development in Aberdeenshire despite having vowed not to “invest another penny” until plans for a nearby offshore wind farm were abandoned. According to the American tycoon the primary developer Vattenfall, is no longer able Read more
By Tim Pauling A row broke out last night after a survey showed that the majority of people living in the north and north-east support wind power. The industry claimed the results shot down the “vocal minority” of objectors who claim that most Scots are opposed to giant Read more
Centre for Policy Studies report claims that renewable energy is on course to be “the most expensive domestic policy disaster in modern British history” By Emily Gosden, Energy Editor The true cost of wind farms and other green power projects is far higher than ministers have admitted, a new Read more
By Richard Watt Developers behind a proposed 14-turbine windfarm on the borders of Angus and Perthshire say they “welcome the opportunity” to review whether wildcats live in the area. At the weekend,The Courier published footage of protected species near the Saddle Hill development north of Kilry. Along with Read more
By Kenny Smith Plans to erect a wind turbine in Cambuslang have been slammed by residents living near the proposed site. Last month, the Reformer revealed a proposal has been put forward by the Healthy ‘n’ Happy Community Development Trust, with the intention of it raising money for the Read more