Holyrood MPs rejected a call by the Scottish Green Party to hasten the early demise of the ‘economically vital’ North Sea oil and gas industry in a parliamentary debate today on jobs in the ‘new economy’. Holyrood MPs vote out Green Party’s ‘slash and burn’ plan for Scottish oil and Read more
Environmental consultancy group RPS has won three new contracts to deliver ecological and environmental protection for three large onshore wind farms in southern Scotland. RPS lands hat-trick of ecological Clerk of Works jobs for Scottish Power Renewables
IT has been keeping grumpy Britons awake from nearly four decades – but just what is this mysterious low-pitched humming noise? http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/636572/Video-humming-noise-Bristol
DESPITE more than five million trees felled to make room, Hundreds of miles of bulldozed tracks, our finest landscapes trashed by multinationals, giant pylons scarring our beautiful countryside, Drumochter Pass completely vandalised, thousands of tons of concrete dumped on our fragile upland ecosystems, millions of birds and bats needlessly slaughtered, Read more
Translated using Google Translate – http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/vindkraft/article3877156.ece Author: Charlotta von Schultz Published January 21, A hot water quickly melts away ice from the blades. The new method is one of several innovations that will secure electricity in the wintry wind farms. Glaciated rotor blades are the scourge of wind turbine Read more
The Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage project has called for the creation of a Scottish CO2 (carbon dioxide) Hub to help tackle Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions. Energy experts call for a Scottish CO2 Hub to kick-start new UK and EU carbon-capture industry
Plans for a controversial windfarm south of Inverness has been rejected. Councillors had been recommended to grant planning permission for 13 wind turbines at Tom nan Clach, Glenferness. A site visit took place ahead of a planning meeting today and councillors at the South Planning Area Committee unanimously voted against Read more
By Richard Watt A public protest against a proposed windfarm on the border of Angus and Perthshire has been delayed by an 11th-hour application by its developers. The Saddle Hill windfarm would comprise 14 turbines up to 115 metres high around 2.4 miles north-west of Kilry. It is understood Angus Read more