Greig Cameron Deputy Business Editor Renewable energy specialist Absolute is to open a product showroom on Benbecula to outline new technologies to residents, farmers, landowners and businesses across the Western Isles. The Glasgow based company said it was launching the venture after the success of a biofuels and renewable hub Read more
A remote Highland community is pleading with Scottish ministers to allow a controversial wind farm, which is opposed by conservationists. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/remote-community-calls-on-ministers-to-back-controversial-wind-farm.123346835
Cree Valley Community Council will not object to the proposed Shennanton Wind Farm, it was decided this week. http://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/shennanton-wind-farm-is-ok-with-us-says-councillors-1-3744845
Investment in the Australian renewable energy industry has plummeted 90% over the 12 months since 31 March, “stifled by more than 13 months of policy uncertainty,” says Bloomberg New Energy Finance in a new analysis. http://cleantechnica.com/2015/04/15/investment-australian-renewable-energy-industry-plummets-90/
By Graeme Strachan The wife of a Royal Marines chief is fronting a battle against plans to build a windfarm between Glen Prosen and Glen Isla. Sue Smith spokeswoman for Friends of Backwater and Glenisla Against Turbines said a public meeting will take place in Kirriemuir to “raise Read more
The chief executive of a Scottish wind energy company has highlighted the struggles businesses can have starting green energy projects during a talk at a recent THRIVE Energy event held in Glasgow. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-wind-power-chief-highlights-difficulties-facing-small-renewable-energy-projects/
Anger is growing over plans to build “ghastly” wind turbines in stunning countryside where Game of Thrones was filmed. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environment/game-of-thrones-in-wind-turbines-row-31139752.html
A Tory peer who pioneered wind farms in the UK before adopting sceptical views on climate change has been revealed as a donor to Lord Lawson’s anti-global-warming think tank. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/tory-wind-farm-pioneer-lord-cavendish-revealed-to-be-antiglobal-warming-donor-10174232.html