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February 2016

Lowther Hills wind farm seeks progress/BBC News

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

By SAS Volunteer, 10 years ago February 3, 2016

“This will trash the area for tourism”/Border Telegraph

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_/

By SAS Volunteer, 10 years ago February 3, 2016

Wind turbine put on hold/Energy Voice

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/

By SAS Volunteer, 10 years ago February 3, 2016

Fife Council scraps green energy scheme amid pressure to settle equal pay claims/The Courier

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

By SAS Volunteer, 10 years ago February 3, 2016

Spain installed zero new wind capacity in 2015/Energy News Live

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/

By SAS Volunteer, 10 years ago February 2, 2016

Two-fifths of Britons ‘unwilling to make any changes to tackle global warming’/The Telegraph

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

By SAS Volunteer, 10 years ago February 2, 2016

Growing cost of grid, green fees blocks UK power price cut/Reuters

* 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

By SAS Volunteer, 10 years ago February 2, 2016

Collett Delivers 145-meter Wind Turbines/Breakbulk

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/

By SAS Volunteer, 10 years ago February 2, 2016

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