by Iain Ramage Windfarm operators across the north have raked-in a staggering £52million over the past five years – for switching their turbines off. It has cost customers in the Highlands and islands £28,000 a day on average to meet the so-called “constraint payments” since they were introduced in 2011. Read more
Judges at the Court of Session in Edinburgh will this week hear an appeal from the Scottish Ministers and SSE against a judicial review which overturned the decision to give the go-ahead to a giant Highland wind farm. The 67-turbine Stronelairg proposal is set in the heart of the Monadhliath Read more
Fife-based energy consultancy Everoze has launched its LEAF (Life Extension Assessment Framework) to help project owners make better decisions about the future of renewables assets and portfolios as they reach maturity. Following initial trials, Everoze was engaged last month to carry out a LEAF assessment by a UK developer which Read more