Turbine lorry fire
A714 between Barhill and Challoch was closed because of a VEHICLE FIRE
Auldgirth turbine appeal lodged too late – BBC News Online
An attempt to overturn the rejection of a wind farm has failed – because the appeal was lodged too late. Dumfries and Galloway Council turned down the five-turbine Blackwood project east of Auldgirth in May this year. An appeal was lodged by Force 9 Energy Partners and EDF Energy Renewables Read more
Private Water Supplies: Water Risk Assessment – Statement by Dr Rachel Connor
The Technical Report on Private Water Supplies: Water Risk Assessment, for Sneddon Law Windfarm is now available for viewing at http://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=117448 Please find Dr Rachel Connor’s comments attached. SAS comment on PWS risk assessment
Councillor calls university churlish over Kenly plans – Fife Today
A St Andrews councillor has hit back at St Andrews University over its comments on public consultation with regard to Kenly wind farm. Last week the Citizen reported a university spokesman as saying it had been “right not to engage in any detailed consultation with the community before plans were Read more
Eight turbine wind farm at Grantshouse Berwickshire News
Plans for an eight turbine wind farm at Howpark, two miles north east of Grantshouse, have been submitted to Scottish Borders Council. The turbines would be 100m at blade height and as the proposed wind farm would be close to Drone Hill and Penmanshiel wind farms, the supporting statement provided Read more
Vattenfall launches €3m study into impact of offshore turbines on bird life at Grampian wind farm – Scottish Energy News
A new €3 million scientific research programme to understand the environmental impacts of offshore wind – believed to be the largest of its kind – is to be launched at a new Scottish wind farm. The programme will be hosted at Vattenfall’s new European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) to Read more
Onshore work on Caithness offshore wind power cable project nears completion – Scottish Energy News
The Caithness-Moray transmission reinforcement project represents the largest investment in Scotland’s northern energy infrastructure since the heyday of the big hydro power development era of the 1950s. The Caithness-Moray project is centred on a 100 mile underground and subsea cable running beneath the Moray Firth, using High Voltage Direct Current Read more
Biofuels worse for climate change than gas, U-M study says
The multi-billion-dollar U.S. biofuels industry — promoted and expanded for more than a decade by the federal government — may be built on a false assumption, according to a University of Michigan study published Thursday that is sure to stir all sides in the contentious debate over the industry. http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/25/u-m-study-biofuels-worse-climate-change-than-gasoline/89265358/