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
THE success of your Great Rates Revolt campaign in achieving additional rate relief to segments of Scottish business (“Mackay bows to rates hike fears with £45m package”, The Herald, February 22) highlights the contrast with the failure of Holyrood to keep its promise to eliminate fuel poverty affecting 40 per Read more
The combined fury of Scotland’s licensed trade is enough to have anyone reaching for a drink, as the Scottish Government found out recently in the ensuing wrangle over the proposed changes to business rates. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/ross-mcdowall-qualified-relief-on-renewable-rates-1-4381941