Credit: Daylin Docherty, Reporter | Carrick Herald | www.carrickherald.com ~~ South Ayrshire Council have approved a planning application that will see a high wind meteorological mast built south of Straiton. The application by Scottish Power was put before South Ayrshire Council to see if permission could be granted to build Read more
Consumers will be hit with higher bills because officials “significantly underestimated” the cost of green energy schemes, the Commons spending watchdog has found. As a result of the failings in Whitehall, the costs are likely to add around £110 to the typical household’s annual energy bill in 2020, £17 more Read more
A crash involving a lorry carrying a wind turbine has closed a major road in Dumfries and Galloway for more than 12 hours. The incident took place on the A713 Castle Douglas to Ayr road about a mile north of Parton village shortly before 11pm on Monday. It is understood Read more
The first blades have been assembled and fitted at a new Muirhall Energy turbine parc in West Lothian. Although the first turbine towers were erected in November 2016, there was a delay for blade assembly whilst waiting for a new radar to be commissioned at Edinburgh airport. The radar is Read more
Falck Renewables, the Italy-based developer, is to build a new 10-turbine Highlands wind farm about five miles west of Fort Augustus The 35-MW Millennium South development – an extension of the existing 26-turbine Millennium project – will generate up to £4 million in community benefit and support the creation Read more
Investors in renewable energy projects face a financial shock this spring when a business rates revaluation comes into force, a Scottish property consultancy has warned. http://www.scotsman.com/news/warning-over-rates-bills-shock-for-renewable-power-1-4359749/amp
THE late Terry Pratchett said: “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance”. He may well have been right, but when it comes to how renewable electricity is actually generated by wind turbines a little knowledge Read more
On 2 February at about 12:40, a single-engine two-seater DA20 Katana came into collision with a wind turbine, in the North of the Germany. The pilot was killed. lt is the first fatal accident involving a wind turbine listed in Germany. It occurred in the town of Melle, near Osnabrück, Read more