We are sure you all remember our friends Ed and June Hall who shared their experience of living beside a neighbour’s noisy turbine (attached below). They have now put a video of the turbine on YouTube so we can all appreciate the Nuisance they had to live with for so Read more…
MSPs yesterday considered that age-old philosophical conundrum: which came first – the chicken or the egg – in terms of battery powered vehicles (BPVs) and a massive and hugely-expensive re-configuration of the national electricity grid.. And the answer is? It depends. And the other answer is that it’s all Read more…
By Jenny Foulds Council chiefs are having second thoughts over a planned £7million windfarm in Bonhill due to the turbines being close to residents’ homes. The Lennox Herald has previously reported how West Dunbartonshire Council planned to build four turbines at Pappert. But now council officers have drawn up a Read more…
Scott McCallum, a partner in the Clean Energy Group at Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, looks at the opportunities ahead for offshore wind A combination of innovation, vision and dogged determination, particularly in the past decade, has driven what can only be described as seismic growth in renewable energy projects across Read more…
A trio of Scottish renewable energy innovators are to test sensor technologies that could be deployed on offshore wind farms around the UK at the Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine in Fife. Supported by £220,000 Scot-Govt. funding, the programme enables those pioneering companies to develop solutions to support growth in Read more…
Representatives of the John Muir Trust were joined by members and supporters outside Holyrood yesterday at a gathering to show MSPs support for the idea that Scotland’s officially recognised Wild Land Areas should be a no-go zone for large-scale commercial wind farms. https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/latest/news/1382-campaigners-call-for-msps-to-keep-it-wild
Whirlwind Renewables has confirmed work will start on a windfarm in Caithness, following funding support from Clydesdale Bank’s specialist green-energy team. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/164362/work-start-new-caithness-windfarm/
A turbine has been earmarked for planning approval near a popular castle despite concerns about its impact https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/164369/bid-install-turbine-beside-fyvie-castle/