Meet the woman who’s afraid of wind turbines/The Sunday Post
A WOMAN is so terrified of wind farms she feels like lying down or hiding when she sees one. https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/chat/meet-woman-whos-afraid-wind-turbines/
Scottish Affairs Committee to hold an event to launch their report “The renewable energy sector in Scotland”
The event will provide an exciting opportunity to find out more about this important inquiry, and the main recommendations that the Committee will be making to the Government. http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/scottish-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2015/renewable-energy-scotland-report-launch-16-17/
Trump to challenge wind facility despite investment announcement/PEI
The Donald Trump organisation has made it known that it plans to continue to resist the construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, in the wake of an investment announcement in the facility by Vattenfall http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2016/07/trump-to-challenge-wind-facility-despite-investment-announcement.html
Stay alert on wind farms – Herald (letters)
WHILE welcoming the news that two more proposed industrial turbine sites – including the insane project so subtly misnamed California, which would have destroyed Wigtown Bay – have been beaten (“RSPB wins fight over wind farm”, The Herald, July 20, it’s clear the battle is far from over. Apparently, the Read more
Health campaigners take windfarm battle global – Press and Journal
Renewables: Medical experts voice concerns over effects of turbines BY IAIN RAMAGE More than 100 international health experts and scientists concerned about noise and other fallout from giant windfarms have urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to intervene. Two years after activists in the Highlands demanded a thorough investigation into Read more
Wind farm ruling a hollow victory for RSPB – Herald (letters)
HAS the RSPB really helped safeguard the environment? I note that the RSPB is celebrating that they have stopped the progressing of wind farms which could “provide enough power for 1.4 million homes” (“RSPB wins fight over wind farms”, The Herald, July 20). The RSPB’s argument is that “consideration was Read more
Green light given for 11-turbine Aberdeen Bay wind farm/Original fm
An 11-turbine wind farm in Aberdeen Bay opposed by Donald Trump is set to start generating power in spring 2018. Green light given for 11-turbine Aberdeen Bay wind farm
Spanish power chief says UK can attract investment – Herald
Simon Bain, Business Correspondent/Personal Finance Editor ScottishPower has shrugged off a 34 per cent earnings drop fall in its renewables division, due to lack of wind, and said it is in its busiest ever wind farm construction phase. Meanwhile Ignacio Galan, the Spanish president of parent company Iberdrola, has entered Read more