KEN SMITH The West of Scotland doesn’t really do picturesque villages. They tend to rear up on either side of a main road with a housing scheme tacked on at the back, and then disappear again. The village green with bell-toiling church, village inn, and thatched cottages must have appeared Read more
By Jamie Buchan Anti-windfarm campaigners are preparing to fight plans for a major turbine development in western Perthshire. Wind energy specialist Green Cat Renewables has tabled a bid to build nine towers – each taller than the Wallace monument – on land between Comrie and Braco. A proposal for four Read more
By Scott McCulloch The Scottish Government has granted a marine licence for a five turbine floating offshore wind farm development. The Hywind pilot scheme, which will be delivered by Norwegian energy giant Statoil, will see turbines anchored to the seabed by a three-point mooring system near Buchan Deep, roughly 18 Read more
Energy companies have warned that subsidy cuts will prevent them from replacing old wind farms as almost 1,000 turbines approach the end of their lives over the next decade. Turbines are designed to last 20-25 years, and increasing numbers will reach the end of their serviceable life during the next Read more