THE COMPANY that wants to lay an interconnector cable between Shetland and Caithness to allow energy from the proposed Viking Energy windfarm to be transmitted to the mainland is to stage an open event in Lerwick later this month. http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/13435-sse-stages-event-about-interconnector-cable
A ban on new wind farm developments cannot be imposed by Moray Council while it updates its planning policy, the Scottish government has said. The authority’s members unanimously backed calls for the moratorium, while a public consultation continues on how it should treat applications in future. However, local government minister Read more…
Exclusive by Helen McArdle, News Reporter PLANS for what will be one of the largest windfarm developments in Scotland have been given the go ahead after Glasgow Airport confirmed it has successfully trialled a new radar system to detect turbines at the site. The new Scanter 4002 radar system will Read more…
IN his visits to Holy Isle, Arran (Letters, October 11), Dr Dave Gordon appears to miss the point. The island is both peaceful and beautiful, something he does not apparently appreciate. Much of South Ayrshire from Ardrossan to Ballantrae has similarly been blighted by the eyesores erected in the name Read more…