Wind farm manufacturers are likely to have to ensure that their designs go well beyond the requirements of international standards after a landmark ruling from the UK’s highest court. Lawyers predicted yesterday that the judgment in the long-running dispute, MT Højgaard v E.ON, which was handed down yesterday in the Read more
A Scottish renewable energy developer is to appeal against the decision by a local council to reject its application to build a wind farm ‘near’ Gleneagles Hotel. More than 400 people and organisations – including the five-star hotel, had called for the scheme to be scrapped, arguing that it could Read more
THE controversial Beauly to Denny power line has been nominated for a top engineering prize. The structure attracted protests over claims it disfigured vast swatches of the Highlands, but now it has been nominated for the Saltire Civil Engineering Awards 2017. It s 400kV overhead electricity transmission line carries energy Read more