By Graeme Strachan Business owners have raised fears of “irretrievable damage” if the go-ahead is given for a major windfarm in the Angus glens. Hundreds of responses have already been received after the planning application was submitted to Angus Council and Perth and Kinross Council. The proposed Saddle Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent Replacing one of the last remaining ferries running between two parts of the Highland mainland, with a bridge or causeway capable of generating green energy, is to be investigated. It is a prospect welcomed by the renewable energy sector. Highland Council made the commitment Read more
Conservative plans to effectively ban new onshore wind farms will lead to higher energy prices for consumers, Tim Yeo, the senior Tory backbencher has claimed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/11465812/Onshore-wind-farm-ban-will-raise-energy-prices-Tory-MP-Tim-Yeo-warns.html
Lang Banks paints a bucolic image of a Scotland free from any non-renewable power stations (Agenda, The Herald, March 10). Yet the crux of Mr Banks’s argument is that Scotland can afford to dispense with all its baseload and dispatchable power sources (which account for about two-thirds of Read more
The success of a community wind turbine on the Perthshire/Angus border will encourage the launch of similar projects, it has been claimed. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/developer-hopes-glen-isla-turbine-success-will-encourage-similar-projects-1.849028
Lang Banks Scotland’s story of a power sector in transition is being played out in many countries around the world. The centralised, large, fossil-fuel generation model is being unravelled with every new megawatt of renewable generation. The role of “baseload” thermal power is being eroded rapidly as renewable Read more
A £60million boost for community-scale renewables led by the Green Investment Bank, has hit the spot, says environmental specialist Atmos Consulting. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/75264/atmos-says-new-renewables-cash-has-hit-the-target/
A couple purchasing a property in Cumbria have successfully sued their conveyancer because development plans to build a wind farm were not picked up in conveyancing searches. http://www.mortgagefinancegazette.com/legal/compensation-couple-conveyancer-fails-find-wind-farm/