Highly controversial plans for a giant Perthshire windfarm which Outlander author Diana Gabaldon branded “insane” could be killed off after a formal objection from council chiefs. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/windfarm-bid-branded-insane-by-outlander-author-dealt-another-blow-1.875607
Colin Donald Business Editor The long-held dream of bringing the large-scale “cloud” data storage industry to rural Scotland has come a step closer to becoming reality after Intelligent Land Investments lodged a planning application for a 10,000 square metre centre in East Ayrshire. The proposed facility will be Read more
No cap on energy bills, a competition investigation, the Green Deal and smart meters: we round up five key Conservative energy plans http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/energy-bills/11599334/Tory-energy-promises-will-lower-bills-by-65-how.html
Energy bills will rise even more than expected to pay for wind farms and solar panels because ministers have underestimated the cost of green subsidies, a leading think tank has warned. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/11609330/Wind-farms-and-solar-panels-will-cost-more-than-expected.html
Changes are being proposed for a controversial windfarm at a Highland beauty spot. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/579244/fewer-turbines-proposed-for-highland-windfarm-but-devices-will-stand-taller/
The impact of wind turbines in the Borders on three rare species of bat is to be the focus of a major new study by a Scottish Government agency. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local-news/all-local-news/major-study-to-cast-light-on-turbine-risk-to-rare-bats-1-3771509
By Jane Candlish Plans for a new windfarm in Caithness have been rejected on appeal by Scottish ministers. It is the second time that a windfarm in the Spittal Hill area has been turned down. The devices would have been 328ft high on land to the east of Read more
The UK Government should break up the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). http://www.energylivenews.com/2015/05/14/uk-energy-department-should-be-broken-up/