April 2018

  Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor LABOUR are demanding an urgent Holyrood statement on the SNP government taking control of a Chinese-backed planning application while Nicola Sturgeon was in China. The First Minister has come under fire after her ministers “called in” an application related to a wind farm financed Read more…

Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor NICOLA Sturgeon is at the centre of a planning row after SNP ministers intervened in a controversial application backed by the Chinese government. Scottish ministers “called in” plans related to the Inch Cape Offshore Wind farm on Monday, the same day the First Minister began Read more…

Failure of renewables to boost Scotland’s manufacturing industry is massive own goal, writes Brian Wilson   https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/brian-wilson-scotland-missed-an-open-goal-with-renewables-1-4723174

Wind Farm (Generating station increase of >10 < 100 MW Capacity) Application Description:  Application for Consent of Extension to Existing Paul’s Hill Wind Farm Application Received Date:  29 Mar 2018  http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx Max Total MW Of Development Applied For:  28 Max Turbine Height:  149.90 Number Of Turbines Applied For:  7

THERE has been much in the media about the increase in wind generation of 2017 compared to 2016 (“Huge rise in wind power supplying electricity to Scots homes”, The Herald, January 9). In part the reason for this is that an unprecedented number of new turbines were commissioned to gain Read more…

Video – WATCH: Dolphins investigate Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm WATCH: Dolphins investigate Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm  

The world’s largest wind turbine has been installed in the sea off Aberdeen – and just one rotation of its giant blades will produce enough electricity to light a home for a day. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/worlds-largest-wind-turbine-installed-off-aberdeen-coast-123643878.html