A scoping report has been submitted to the Scottish government on plans to build 42 wind turbines in the Lowther Hills in Dumfries and Galloway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35481877
COMMUNITY groups are forming an alliance in a bid to block an invasion of wind farms along the southern Borders. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/14249367._quot_This_will_trash_the_area_for_tourism_quot_/
Controversial plans to build a 260ft wind turbine near a north-east village have been put on hold until councillors visit the site. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/100603/wind-turbine-put-on-hold/
A multi-million-pound Fife Council initiative to produce its own green energy has been scrapped in a bid to claw back the authority’s massive historic equal pay deficit. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/fife-council-scraps-green-energy-scheme-amid-pressure-to-settle-equal-pay-claims-1.922599
Spain installed zero megawatts of new wind capacity in 2015. That hasn’t happened since the 1980s when the wind sector started to developed, according to the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE). http://www.energylivenews.com/2016/02/01/spain-installed-zero-new-wind-capacity-in-2015/
Despite widespread concern about climate change, many people are unwilling to do anything to help prevent it, survey finds http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/climatechange/12135010/Two-fifths-of-Britons-unwilling-to-make-any-changes-to-tackle-global-warming.html
* E.ON UK, SSE cut household gas tariffs * Share of non-energy costs in electricity bill rises to 60 pct * Power suppliers’ pre-tax profit margins 9 pct – Ofgem http://www.reuters.com/article/britain-electricity-bills-idUSL8N15C4LK
Logistics firm Collett has delivered a cargo of components for three 145-meter wind turbines to the Muirhall Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire. http://www.breakbulk.com/collett-delivers-145-meter-wind-turbines/