Borders MP David Mundell has hit out at the Scottish Government’s decision to give the thumbs-up to controversial plans for a wind farm near Tweedsmuir. Read more at: https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/outcry-as-14-turbine-borders-wind-farm-gets-go-ahead-on-appeal-1-4636471
A planning application to build a new 50-MW wind farm near Moffat in the Scottish Borders has been approved by the Scot-Govt – despite the opposition of the local council. But only after the Greenock-based developer of the Whitelaw Brae wind farm agreed to cut the number of turbines Read more
Scotland’s onshore wind turbines provided over three quarters of the energy need required to power the whole country over the month of November. Onshore wind provides 77% of Scotland’s electricity needs in November