ROSEMARY GALLAGHER SCOTTISHPower Renewables’ chief executive Lindsay McQuade might only have been in the role for a few months, but it is undeniable that the company has shaped her career and it is a business she feels passionately about. In February, Ms McQuade replaced Keith Anderson to lead ScottishPower Read more
Written by Donna MacAllister Plans for 10 turbines at Druim Ba between Kiltarlity and Abriachan have been rejected today by the Scottish Government after a second public inquiry. General wind farm campaigner Lyndsey Ward was “delighted” She said: “The community has had seven years of wind farm developers trying to Read more
A tiny north-east community is preparing its own dossier of evidence as it fights against a proposed wind farm development. It is regarded as a “jewel in the crown” for surfing and activists are trying to make sure it stays that way. Their main concern centres on giant cables from Read more
The Scottish Government’s new Planning Act for Scotland has completed Stage 1 consideration in the Scottish Parliament and is expected to complete its Parliamentary process to become law by the end of 2018. This conference is timed to coincide with the passing of the new Act into law. It will Read more
GRAEME McCormick (Letters, June 28) makes a plea for Derek Mackay, the Finance Secretary, to “take control of all public funding and be the economic father of Scotland”. What Mr McCormick failed to address was the lack of data on energy finances given in the Growth Report drafted by Mr Read more
By Anna Hirtenstein Leasing the seabed to offshore wind developers was the most profitable business last year for The Crown Estate Ltd., the company that generates income for Queen Elizabeth II. Earnings from the clean-energy technology in 2017 jumped 32 percent from the previous year to 37 million pounds Read more
Decision by Robert Seaton, a Reporter appointed by the Scottish Ministers Planning appeal reference: PPA-270-2147 Site address: land 1810 metres south of Blairmore Farm, Kiltarlity, Inverness, IV4 7HT Appeal by Druim Ba Sustainable Energy Limited against the failure by the Highland Council to issue a decision within Read more
The wind of change, some of it hot air, is upon us. I have retired to Lewis with my husband, to the village of my forefathers. My mother was born in Tolsta in 1920 and we can trace our roots back to Angus Smith, settling in Tolsta in 1750. As Read more