Community energy can go from strength to strength following a strong year for the sector, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said today. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Record-year-for-community-renewables-projects-20d2.aspx
Financial services firm Legal & General has announced plans to invest up to €118m clean energy fund dedicated to onshore wind as part of a its plan to drive down costs and accelerate the deployment of clean energy. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2440161/legal-general-announces-investment-in-eur250m-onshore-wind-fund
By Iain Ramage Objectors are celebrating after plans for six giant wind turbines on the edge of a stunning Highland glen were scrapped. The proposed Beinn Mhor scheme at Tomich would have consisted of half a dozen 392ft tall masts. It was rejected by a Scottish Government reporter. Energy firm Read more
PINSTRIPE I disagreed with many of Alex Salmond’s policies when he was First Minister but, one on which I thought he showed bold and visionary leadership was his support for Renewable Energy. Although not with the same gusto , the Scottish Government has continued its support since Alex went south. Read more
Political parties in Scotland should commit to a national strategy to help businesses and consumers reduce and manage their demand for electricity, environmental and energy groups have said. WWF Scotland and Edinburgh-based company Flexitricity have stressed that implementing a concerted strategy regarding electricity consumption would mean Scotland could avoid the Read more
Mark Latham, Deputy Business Editor Scotland’s wind energy sector has hit out at last week’s UK government tariff review for small scale energy generators saying that that a newly imposed cap on the number of wind turbines that will qualify for Feed-in Tariff (FiT) subsidies could restrict the building of Read more
THE Gordonbush Wind Farm Community Fund has given out more than £1 million benefit to local projects. The fund was established in 2011 during construction of the 35-turbine wind farm and since then has supported more than 140 community groups and projects in the Golspie, Brora, Rogart and Helmsdale areas. Read more
Michael and Dorothy Keane from County Roscommon speak about living beside two 100 metres high wind turbines. http://en.friends-against-wind.org/testimonies/living-beside-wind-turbines