Johnnie Andringa, CEO of UK small wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind, today called on the Scottish Government and UK rural businesses to act now to protect the Farm Scale wind industry in the UK http://www.altenergymag.com/news/2015/07/08/small-wind-must-not-let-decc-throw-the-baby-out-with-the-big-wind-bathwater-gaia-wind/20592/
Less than 3 weeks since the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) confirmed the Renewables Obligation (RO) will close a year earlier than previously planned and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) announced the intention to ‘give local people the final say’ over onshore wind farm planning Read more
Scottish economist Tony Mackay said the massive subsidies for onshore windfarms produced “supernormal” profits for Scottish businesses and landowners. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/business/news/economist-tony-mackay-backs-overly-high-windfarm-subsidy-axe-1.889048
David Ross Highland Correspondent A CONTROVERSIAL plan for a six-turbine wind farm on the edge of a world-famous landscape has been refused by a Scottish Government reporter after an appeal by the developers. The German firm behind the plan, the wpd group, had appealed to Ministers following repeated delays Read more
Onshore Wind Summit. Energy Minster Fergus Ewing has criticised the recent UK Government decision to end the Renewables Obligation early as ‘anti-business’ following a summit with the industry. The summit, held in Glasgow and attended by over 200 representatives from the across the sector, was an opportunity for the Read more
Written by Ian Ramage The SNP Government is obsessed with lining the pockets of foreign windfarm developers, according to campaigners who have condemned a summit to be hosted by Energy Minister Fergus Ewing tomorrow. He will meet representatives of the renewable energy sector in Glasgow where they are expected Read more
The Swedish energy firm planning a wind farm just outside Grantown has revealed that it is appealing against Highland Council’s refusal to allow the trial of two meteorological masts at the site. Vattenfall is challenging the local authority planning committee’s rejection of their plans for the temporary wind-measuring masts relating Read more