SPAIN: A house has been hit by pieces of a turbine blade that fell from a 300kW turbine in Spain following high winds, several local press are reporting. http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1378289/house-hit-debris-following-blade-failure
The Scottish Government’s recent announcement that it would be putting in place a moratorium on granting planning permission for Underground Coal Gasification (UGC) projects until the outcome of a potentially lengthy independent investigation could result in claims under the European Convention on Human Rights http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scot-govt-moratorium-on-coal-gas-may-breach-human-rights-under-eu-planning-law-warns-top-legal-energy-expert/
The developer behind plans to site huge turbines on a Moray landmark is making a fresh bid to win backing for its scheme. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/97592/fresh-bid-for-windfarm-attracts-more-than-1000-objection-letters/
Aileen Jackson hopes that New Year brings hope of greater accountability and transparency in planning decisions (Barrhead News 30th December). We all know hope springs eternal. As an outside observer of how local planning authorities deal with representations from third parties and their professional advisers it would be hard to Read more
WE are growing accustomed to the wearisome propaganda that spouts from the wind industry’s mouthpiece Renewable UK, but its claim that “wind power provided enough electricity to meet the annual needs of more than 8.25 million homes last year” fails to tell the whole story (“Wind power lights up 8m Read more
Bid to build seven wind turbines near Lauder scuppered By Andrew Keddie Councillors will be told next week that plans for seven 110-metre high turbines on land to the west of Muircleuch between Blainslie and Lauder Common have finally been scuppered. Back in March, Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee refused Read more