SAS supporters may remember June and Ed Hall’s problems with their neighbour’s noisy turbine. We highlighted their plight in our Newsletter two years ago (see below). An abatement notice was served and the turbine no longer operates and will shortly be removed completely. Ed and June complained to the Ombudsman Read more…
One in six jobs in the renewable energy sector are expected to be lost in the next year, according to a new industry survey. The Scottish Renewables study found businesses in the industry predict full-time equivalent posts in Scotland will drop 16.9% in the next 12 months. Its Employment Trends Read more…
GRAEME SMITH Renewable energy is central to the Scottish Government’s sense of mission, along with a plucky desire for Scotland to become an international leader in this field. Therefore, predictions that one in six jobs in the sector could be lost in the next year will cause consternation in the Read more…
The Government has proposed a reduction of up to 95% reduction in payments – from around £45/kW to around £2/kW – that are made from energy suppliers to smaller, decentralised, and often renewable electricity generators. But the Renewable Energy Association – Britain’s biggest such trade body – said that the Read more…
Written by David Mackay A massive wind farm capable of powering the whole of the north of Scotland could be built in the Moray countryside. Force 9 Energy and EDF Energy Renewables want to erect 63 turbines up to 570ft tall to the south of Forres. The huge development, which Read more…
By Kathryn Wylie New proposals revealed this week have revived the possibility of a wind farm development being built near Roberton. ABO Wind UK has revised its plans, previously thrown out three years ago, for the site at Barrel Law, four miles south west of Ashkirk, two miles north-west of Read more…
A fourth phase of a wind farm straddling the boundary between the Borders and East Lothian is being considered. It would take the total number of turbines at Crystal Rig in the Lammermuir Hills to over 100. A briefing note on the latest proposal for a further 11 turbines has Read more…
Poison wind power – the shocking environmental damage they don’t want you to see. https://www.todaytonightadelaide.com.au/stories/poison-wind