Funding for some combined heat and power schemes is cut with just three weeks’ notice, causing outrage among the renewable energy industry and farmers http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/brexit-climate-change-renewable-energy-subsidies-cut-theresa-may-decc-eu-referendum-a7171801.html
DENMARKs Dong Energy has said the Brexit vote has not dimmed the company’s enthusiasm for the UK offshore renewables market after growing profits from wind farms by two thirds http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/14663704.Danish_windfarm_giant_says_it_remains_keen_on_UK_after_Brexit_vote/
Dozens of people turned out at a public meeting last week to express their opposition to plans for a controversial wind farm south of Hawick. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/opposition-to-wind-farm-mounts-1-4194899
THE new study by BiGGAR Economics (“Wind farms have no negative impact on tourist industry, study shows”, The Herald, August 3) does not succeed in its objective of undermining claims that wind farms drive down tourism. It has significant methodological weaknesses and, perhaps more importantly, a major conceptual weakness. It Read more
Written by Jeremy Cresswell Concern over bats being killed by onshore wind turbines has been growing for several years and that worry has just been further reinforced by research in Germany. Wind turbines attract bats, apparently, or at least one species. They seem to appear particularly appealing to female noctule Read more
Please write letters and apply pressure on the Scottish Government and SSE not to seek costs against us https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/about/resources/936-stronelairg-campaign-take-action
Far north motorists are in for a month of misery during roadworks at a main junction in Thurso. Long tailbacks built up on Monday and Tuesday as a result of the installation of temporary traffic lights at the Toll and the narrowing of the road to accommodate a consignment of Read more
Steve McMahon On the back of the recent dramatic UK-govt. cuts in the UK FiT for small-medium scale wind turbines, there is now only one band that provides attractive returns given the right wind turbine in the right site – the 0-50kW band. Moreover, the sub-50kW band appears to present Read more