MICHAEL SETTLE DONALD Trump has lashed out at the Scottish Government for allowing wind farms to “blight” the natural beauty of “his beloved Scotland”. The President-elect’s outburst came, it emerged, during his famous hourlong conversation with Nigel Farage, the acting Ukip leader, who stole a march on other politicians by Read more
The 4 Winds Trust is a charity which was set up in 2013 to distribute funds to the communities covered by the four community councils of Lochgelly, Cowdenbeath, Lumphinnans and Auchtertool. The Trust’s income consists of ‘community benefit’ payments from Little Raith Wind Farm which currently amount to £49,500 per Read more
Scott Wright, Deputy Business Editor A CORPORATE financier has drafted a paper outlining how Scottish communities could directly benefit from renewable projects by investing in a green energy bond. It marks the first significant work to set out how such a bond, mooted by Scottish ministers in their 2016-17 programme Read more
Scott Wright, Deputy Business Editor SCOTTISH Water has declared that it generated enough electricity from renewable sources to power 11,200 homes last year. Figures revealed in the utility’s 2016 Sustainability Report highlight that 37 gigawatt hours of electricity were created by dozens of renewable energy projects. The report also flagged Read more
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The greatest Ponzi scheme of all time is on the brink of collapse. In America, Trump’s ‘deplorables’ have crushed the wind industry’s hopes of carpeting the United States in millions of these things; shares in wind turbine makers, like Denmark’s Vestas have plummeted. https://stopthesethings.com
Important changes in Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit procedure for advertising S 36 Electricity Act applications These points have arisen following the Scottish Ministers win at Appeal of the John Muir Trust’s Stronelairg Judicial Review. SUMMARY In essence, the government are saying that Further Environmental Information (FEI) only requires advertised Read more
The UK’s low-carbon and renewable energy economy had a turnover of £46.2 billion and employed almost a quarter of a million people in 2014. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/five-ways-to-cut-carbon-along-with-power-bills-1-4291014