The annual ‘state of the nation’ survey, representative of professionals working across the entire UK energy system, paints a picture of progress in clean power and transport obscured by a thickening “fog of uncertainty” surrounding Brexit and policy shortcomings. The headline messages from the 2018 Energy Institute survey are: The Read more
An islands community-owned wind farm has won a major accolade at the Scottish Charity Awards by winning the ‘Celebrating Communities’ trophy. The award to the Point and Sandwick Trust is for their charity work, funding and supporting community projects with the profits from their wholly community-owned wind farm at Beinn Read more
By Jon Hebditch There was fresh disruption on a northern roads at the weekend as wind farm bosses return massive – and incorrectly sized – turbine parts to Inverness. Motorists using the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road experienced weeks of delays as components of the Moray Dorenell Wind Farm were Read more
MARK WILLIAMSON A stock market-listed renewable energy specialist has acquired a windfarm in Dumfries and Galloway in an £82 million move that reflects its confidence in the commercial prospects for such assets. The Renewable Infrastructure Investment Group (TRIG) has bought the Solwaybank onshore windfarm near Langholm from Renewable Energy Systems Read more
TOM Gordon (“Tory Brexit insults helping the SNP’s case on devolution”, The Herald, June 16) provides an interesting insight to the deficiencies of devolution, and none more so than the energy policies being adopted at Holyrood on the production of energy, an area that was ignored by Andrew Wilson Read more
National tourism bosses have spoken out about the impact large numbers of wind turbines could be having on visitors to Speyside. National tourism agency pleads for caution about Speyside wind farm