Plans by two serial Scottish wind-farm developers to build a new project in the Borders have been recommended for refusal for a second time. The first application for a 16-turbine wind farm on land north west of Gilston Farm, near Heriot village, was rejected by the Scot-Govt. Now the developer Read more
By BRIDGET WOODMAN The price of offshore wind continues to fall dramatically. The UK government’s latest round of contracts for renewable generation have just been announced, and they show the costs of subsidies have halved in just two years. Cheap wind power is a great source of low carbon electricity, Read more
More than half the UK’s electricity came from low carbon sources in the last three months, making it the “greenest” summer on record, National Grid said. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/renewables-produce-half-of-uk-energy-in-greenest-summer-1-4569841