THE huge response from your readers (Letters Special, November 29) to the interview with SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson (“SNP chief tells of challenges after Yes vote”, The Herald, November 28) all failed to include data to identify the cost to the Scottish taxpayer in the event of independence. Had Read more…
By Jamie Ross A councillor at the centre of a planning controversy will discover this week whether he has gained permission to build a wind turbine. Turriff councillor Sandy Duncan first lodged proposals to build the 150ft-high structure at his land at Beechwood, Forglen, three years ago, and has subsequently Read more…
Scotland is ideally placed to become a global leader in the generation of electricity from renewable sources, according to new research from a UK-wide real estate chain. Savills Energy and Savills Research have combined to produce innovative analysis charting the growth and performance of the onshore wind sector in Aberdeenshire, Read more…
Low carbon industries in Scotland generated £10.7 billion in turnover and supported 43,500 jobs in 2014 – according to the latest data from the British government. In the first ever figures from the Office of National Statistics to include direct and indirect jobs, this accounts for 12.9% of the total Read more…
The chairman of an East Ayrshire community council has appealed for comments and contributions relating to the appeal for a new wind farm near Glasgow over important planning issues relating to private water supplies and environmental rights of audience. Sneddon Law wind farm is adjacent to and surrounded by Scottish Read more…
Local rights and opinions are little by little being eroded by the Scottish Government. Despite purporting to be championing “community empowerment”, they are, by stealth, actively removing what little we have. With regard to large industrial wind developments over 50MW (Section 36 Applications determined by ministers), like the 67 turbine Read more…
2016 ANNUAL GWPF LECTURE The Royal Society, London 17 October 2016 http://www.thegwpf.org/matt-ridley-global-warming-versus-global-greening/
Official review finds failures in Levy Control Framework and says overshoot will have to be paid for by households https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/25/renewables-levy-cap-on-consumer-energy-bills-exceeded-by-1bn