PINSTRIPE was very selective in the data he presented to your readers (“Change needed for all to get fair deal from Union”, The Herald, February 8). As a senior member of the financial services sector the contributor should have known that there is also a right-hand section to a ledger. Read more
The Scottish Power Foundation is to fund 14 postgraduate scholarships for students of energy and the environment. The bursaries for the next academic year are aimed at graduates wanting to pursue a career in energy related fields with a particular focus on the development of renewable energies and boosting biodiversity, Read more
Good news, after a long fight, from Liisa and the gang in Blantyre. Thanks to all of you who objected.
Video of the 176 metre high turbines proposed for the Highlee Hill Windfarm in the Borders. (Courtesy of Wind farm News)
Scottish wind turbines exported 1,125,544MWh of electricity to the UK National Grid last month – enough to supply, on average, the electrical needs of 123% of Scottish households (2.98 million homes). Wind turbines generated 123% of Scotland’s electricity last month
Velocita – one of Europe’s leading renewable energy developer and operator- is to invest £76 million in the construction of Airies wind farm in Glenluce, Dumfries and Galloway, and the Sorbie wind farm, near Ardrossan, North Ayrshire after finally winning planning approvals Enercon and GE to supply turbines as Velocita Read more
Andrew Dyer says 50% of complaints relate to seven future facilities and include noise, economic and health fears http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/08/half-of-windfarm-complaints-about-turbines-yet-to-be-built-commissioner
THE area where I live is not designated a preferred area for wind farms but despite this we are now surrounded by turbines and the area has fast become an industrial wasteland. Our roads have been ruined and convoys of huge trucks travel on these country roads (which are not Read more