A PENNILESS Scottish bankrupt conned a businesswoman into financing a new venture by claiming to be a millionaire who had won the Queen’s Award for Exports. Patrick McGarry was branded as “a thoroughly dishonest man” by a judge after he heard he had cheated creditors and told a string of Read more
A British businessman will fight extradition to Germany where he is wanted over allegations he was involved in a £100 million VAT scam. Peter Singh Virdee, 43, a philanthropist and Tory party donor who has been pictured with the Queen, was detained earlier this month under a European Arrest Warrant Read more
People who have objected to plans for two wind turbines at a hill farm in Shandon have been labelled “narrow minded and selfish” by a local access campaigner. John Urquhart, who lives in Helensburgh and is a trustee of the Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust, says the Read more
Detailed plans for a wind farm near Hawick have been unveiled. Glasgow-based Energiekontor have applied for permission to erect a total of 12 turbines on land at Harwood Estate. Seven of the turbines will reach a height of 158.5 metres while the remaining five will be 130 metres. Over Read more
This is to inform you that the Scottish Government’s draft Energy Strategy (Scottish Energy Strategy: The future of energy in Scotland) will be published on the afternoon of Tuesday 24th January. Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy will launch the strategy via a Parliamentary statement.
The Scottish Government should seize opportunity to set ambitious energy targets that are in harmony with nature in its forthcoming “Scottish Energy Strategy” says RSPB Scotland. By 2050 Scotland’s target is to have reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 80%. A major part of this challenge is decarbonising our energy Read more
The results of BEIS’s renewable project monitoring work are recorded each month. This document is a monthly extract of that database. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract
I HAVE learned that thanks to the onward march of renewable science all Dutch trains, since January 1, have been powered by electricity sourced from windmills. One windmill in one hour can power one train for 120 miles, and 600,000 Dutch passengers are getting the benefit. It will make my Read more