A special grout which cures to similar strength as steel has been applied to form a watertight seal at the base of the new 75 metre-high wind turbine at Lower Melville Wood landfill site in Fife, which it is estimated will create enough energy to power nearly 200 homes. Sika Read more
Transmission charges are critical to selling electricity generated in Scotland into the UK market. Until now, they have worked strongly in Scotland’s favour by not being fully reflective of actual costs – the exact opposite of the claims made by the current Scottish Government. I have never believed that it Read more
An elected member stated that there were so many planning applications for windfarms lodged with Dumfries and Galloway Council, planning officers were “overwhelmed”. Cree Valley Community Councillors had just listened to an update from representatives of Gamesa, about what stage their plans were to build a 15-turbine windfarm near Bargrennan. Read more
Rosemary Lowne, Reporter The Scottish Government has been accused of deliberately delaying a decision over a controversial £36 million windfarm for political reasons. The planning and environmental appeals division at the government has confirmed that a decision is not likely to be made until late April or early May on Read more
Highland Cooncillors* are due to make a site-visit today (11 April) to the proposed Aberarder Wind Farm site before making a decision on the project at their committee meeting tomorrow (12 April). The site visit will allow members to see firsthand the project’s location, which is sited next to the Read more