Written by Iain Ramage Campaigners fighting for a moratorium on new windfarm schemes at Loch Ness and the Great Glen have accused planning authorities of failing to fully investigate the damage they could do. They spoke out after a Holyrood committee snubbed their plea for better protection for the scenic Read more
Brian Donnelly, Senior News Reporter Famers and estate owners and managers are opposing an MSP’s plan to double the size of a regional park. NFU Scotland and Scottish Land and Estates have spoken out against proposals to extend the boundary of the Pentland Hills Regional Park amid fears that the Read more
Labour will work with councils to set up publicly-owned power stations in an effort to challenge the Big Six energy suppliers, shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy has said. Ms Nandy said there should be nothing to stop every community in the country taking control of its own energy supply as Read more
The Scottish Government will, as usual, no doubt rubber-stamp the implantation of hundreds of bird-killing off-shore wind-turbines in close proximity to our fabulous seabird colonies such as Bass Rock. The latest research shows that, beyond any doubt, gannets will be using airspace where most damage will be caused (“Fears that Read more
Germany has long been a pioneer in the field of renewable energy, generating a record 78 percent of its power consumption from renewables in July of this year. In fact, Germany is one of the very few countries in the world that is actually struggling with too much renewable energy. Read more
Patrick Harvie, Columnist The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. So goes the saying, attributed to Einstein. Given the human impact of the job losses in the offshore oil industry due to the volatility of the resource, and the Scottish Read more
There has been a total collapse of the UK wind fleet output that coincides with the public debates on nuclear generation choices and fracking. Once again this month as a result of the enjoyable late summer weather the UK has suffered several sustained and virtually complete collapses in its wind Read more
A new campaign has been launched by the Solar Trade Association and Renewable UK opposing the Government’s plans to cut financial support to small-scale renewables, including wind turbines and solar panels. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/new-industry-campaign-urges-govt-rethink-over-cuts-to-small-scale-renewables/