Moves to scrap generous taxpayer funding for onshore wind farms face a legal challenge from the Scottish government. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3130627/Nicola-Sturgeon-plot-wind-farms.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
A government decision to bring forward a change to the way wind farms are subsidised a year earlier than planned will have no impact on wind farm developments in Shetland, renewable energy developers have said. http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/06/18/renewable-subsidy-change-will-not-affect-isles
Campaigners say the SNP should be ashamed that only a Tory Government listened to their warnings about the impact of turbines on Scotland’s countryside. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/11684480/Rural-Scotlands-delight-at-wind-farm-subsidy-axe.html
A LOCAL activist has slammed East Renfrewshire Council’s (ERC) planning department over a “lack” of transparency, claiming councillors are making blind decisions. However ERC says it “absolutely refutes” any suggestions that there is a lack of clarity in its planning department. Aileen Jackson claims critical documents to the planning application Read more
The decision taken by the UK Government to end support for the onshore wind sector, provided via the Renewables Obligation, will have a disproportionate impact on Scotland, said Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/End-of-onshore-subsidies-regrettable-Ewing-1a29.aspx
The UK Government’s decision to close onshore wind farm subsidy scheme a year early has come under fire from the renewables industry and environmental campaigners. https://www.holyrood.com/articles/news/government-under-fire-wind-farm-subsidy-move