October 2015

The Scottish Government is inviting you to have your say on what a fairer Scotland should look like in 2030, and the steps that should be taken to make this vision a reality. Four of the events have yet to take place in Stornoway, Dundee, Gourock and Glasgow.  Further details Read more

Ian McConnell, Group Business Editor SCOTTISHPOWER owner Iberdrola has doubled profits in its UK wind power business in the first nine months of its financial year. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the Spanish company’s UK renewables business leapt to €301 million (£221m) in the first nine Read more

A new report co-authored in the Westcountry exposes “two decades of deception” from the wind industry about the effect of turbines on health of near neighbours, an MP claimed. http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Wind-farm-noise-report-parallels-VW-scandal-MP/story-28029580-detail/story.html#ixzz3pE0jkdYZ  

DECC’s plans to end the Renewables Obligation for onshore wind a year early were last night defeated in the House of Lords. http://www.renews.biz/100159/lords-ko-early-ro-closure/

Nicholas Megaw Energy companies have warned that 15 “illogical” policy changes introduced by the new Conservative government since May have made some renewable power sector projects “uninvestable” — causing them to cancel billions of pounds worth of investment. RWE Innogy — the renewable energy unit of Germany’s RWE Group — Read more

Plans to build a “monster” wind turbine on farmland near Nairn have been dropped – to the delight of the landowner’s son. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/728286/monster-turbine-plan-withdrawn/

The unpopular decision taken by East Renfrewshire Council last year to no longer publish public representations to planning applications on their website, appears to have been taken a step further in an effort to save time and money. Expert reports commissioned by local residents at great expense, are now classed Read more