By Pilita Clark, Environment Correspondent Wind farms are killing about 200 bats a month in the UK, say scientists who have called for turbines to be turned off at night to save the creatures. Bat-friendly operators who agreed to take such a step should be paid more for the electricity Read more
http://www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/ “Planning is a complex subject. It affects almost everyone in Scotland and can be one of the most important, meaningful and stressful things the public engages in.” These were the words of Mike Adams from Aberdeenshire as he spoke to MSPs at our Parliamentary Event in October. Mike was Read more
Mark Macaskill He has splashed out tens of millions in his efforts to preserve the natural beauty of the Highlands. Now, Anders Povlsen’s love affair with Scotland appears to be ebbing after ministers backed a wind farm that he believes will scar the landscape and damage tourism. The Danish billionaire, Read more
Renewable energy company Eneco has been awarded the Sustainable Investment accolade at the Department for International Trade (DIT) Investment Awards for its 60 MW Moy wind farm near Inverness. The Sustainable Investment accolade recognises Dutch businesses that have successfully invested in the UK in the previous 12 months. In its Read more
Call for new tests: Is it risky for your health to live near wind turbines? I have long- standing concerns about the stressful effects on human health of living next to wind turbines (Mail). In the late Fifties, I read an article in New Scientist magazine entitled The Next Sound Read more
Published with the kind permission of the author. The Scotsman could never be accused of bias, since readers’ letters are published giving opposing views such as pro -SNP and anti-SNP and pro-renewables and anti-renewables. The anti-renewables side was stated in the excellent letter from Linda Holt demolishing the article Read more
By Jamie Lewis ENDANGERED bats are regularly being killed by wind farms despite efforts to reduce the risk, a study shows. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/14873309.Efforts_to_stop_wind_turbines_killing_rare_bats____are_failing___/
Wind turbines in Scotland provided enough electricity to supply the average needs of almost all Scotland’s homes last month, according to a report. Data from WeatherEnergy showed turbines generated 792,717MWh of electricity to the National Grid in October, up more than a quarter on the same month last year. The Read more