The company behind plans to develop a 14-turbine windfarm on Lewis have revealed they intend to increase the size of the development in order to improve their chances of securing UK Government financial support. Forsa Energy, who hope to establish the Druim Leathann project near the village of North Tolsta, Read more…
A Scottish power chief has called for the UK and EU to continue to collaborate on delivering large, ambitious energy projects for mutual benefit – irrespective of British Independence from the EU bloc. Alistair Phillips-Davies, chief executive of Perth-based utility SSE, said that whether you are a Leaver or Read more…
Representatives of the John Muir Trust – the Scots-born environmentalist revered in the USA as the founder of America’s great national parks – will be joined by cross-party MSPs at Holyrood this week to show the scale of support for the idea that Scotland’s officially recognised Wild Land Areas should Read more…
Brit-Govt energy policy since 1980 has failed Scotland – but the SNP-led Scot-Govt has also under-performed in terms of achieving a Renewable Scotland by 2030. That is the key conclusion of a new report from the Glasgow-based Common Weal think-tank, which also calls for the government to set up a Read more…