Adam Ezzamel Sweden’s state-owned national utility company has pledged to provide up to £3 million in local community benefits across Grampian from its Aberdeen Bay wind-powered electricity-generators. Vattenfall will hand over £150,000 every year for the 20-year operational life of the £300 million offshore wind test and demonstration centre. As Read more
The ESB is advancing plans to roll-out new wind farms in Scotland and across Britain from 2019, as development of the new projects nears. The company is establishing a framework agreement for companies that will work on a range of works associated with the wind farms, such as installing electrical Read more
The Clyde windfarm extension has been given the go-ahead to begin extending its area in South Lanarkshire. SSE begins extending Clyde windfarm
MEPs on the European Parliament energy committee want renewable energy targets to be more ambitious than the proposal put forward by the EU Commission. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) saw MEPs debate 1,300 amendments to the European Commission’s initial proposal for a new directive on promoting renewable Read more
Plans have been unveiled for a £170 million wind farm development that could provide a jobs boost both in the Highlands and Lanarkshire. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/170m-highlands-wind-farm-set-to-generate-economic-boost-1-4552027
ANDREW H Mackay (Letters, September 5) observes that “without a constant supply of thermal electricity induced on to the windings of wind, wave and tidal turbines … not one unit of electricity will be produced”. As a professional electrical engineer for more than 50 years and counting this makes no Read more
Application For Consent Under Section 36 Of The Electricity Act 1989, And Under Section 57(2) Of Town And Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, For The Construction And Operation Of The Drum Hollistan Wind Farm http://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=118207
Sir, Janet Barber (Letters, August 24) has correctly highlighted the inevitable environmental costs of using rare-earth metals in seemingly green, renewable technologies. Magnets manufactured from these metals are used extensively in wind turbines and for extending the range of electric vehicles. The manufacture of solar PV panels — the icon Read more