May 12, 2015

Barely more than a baker’s dozen of (mostly local) people applied for the £150,000 job of chief executive of Wave Energy Scotland, a newly-created quango set up in Inverness under the aegis of another quango – Highlands Enterprise. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/highlands-enterprise-splurges-000s-yet-just-14-people-apply-for-150000-job-as-chief-of-wave-energy-scotland-including-the-successful-internal-candidate/

David Cameron, infuriated by the corporation’s election coverage, appoints BBC critic John Whittingdale to “sort out the BBC” ahead of the royal charter review next year http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/11598450/Tories-go-to-war-with-the-BBC.html

A former energy minister has accused the governments of Scotland and the UK of overseeing a “dismal failure of energy policy” related to the Western Isles. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/78522/energy-policy-failure-for-the-western-isles/

    By Blair Dingwall Council officials have warned that proposals for two turbines in an area of Aberdeenshire where 20 windfarms are already planned could damage the local landscape. Full planning permission is being sought by WPD Rothmaise for the 326ft devices on farmland at the Hill of Rothmaise, Read more…