A row has blown up between a respected economist and one of Scotland’s leading conservation bodies over the effect of wind farms on tourism. The march of giant turbines across some of the country’s most iconic landscapes has been blamed for damaging rural economies but a recent report by Edinburgh-based Read more
Britain must accept that major parts of its offshore wind farms will be manufactured abroad, Danish giant Dong Energy has said, as new figures reveal the vast scale of subsidies it is set to receive from UK consumers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/09/10/danish-firm-reaping-wind-farm-subsidy-bonanza-says-uk-must-accep/
Ilona Amos Golden eagles living close to one of Scotland’s first major wind farms are thriving, according to a pioneering 20-year study. Monitoring of the protected birds of prey, which nest near the 65-turbine Beinn an Tuirc wind farm in Argyll, has shown the scheme has had no adverse impact Read more