A new report published today has urged the UK Government not to “penalise consumers” by delaying policy decision and effectively blocking onshore wind projects. The 2018 Progress Report to Parliament has called for the government to take advantage of onshore wind to help meet the UK’s legally-binding targets to reduce Read more…
Martin Williams Senior News Reporter ENERGY giants SSE have called time on their national onshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston after six years of operations. The Perth-based company have no future plans after the Mitsubishi turbine operation ends this summer. Testing of the Mitsubishi turbine is scheduled to end Read more…
IAIN MUIR Figures published by Scottish Renewables yet again show Scotland to be the UK’s green energy powerhouse, producing enough to power all of Scotland’s homes twice over. Aside from the dog-whistle reaction this news evokes from either side of the wind farm debate, the reality of renewables is coming Read more…
Lars Paulsson (Bloomberg) — Thousands of wind turbines from Germany to the U.K. are set to grind to a halt next week, cutting electricity supplies at the same time as the next wave of hot weather arrives. As the warmest second quarter in 30 years draws to a close, next-month Read more…
Almost 200,000 people have signed a petition demanding protection of a north-east forest which is home to wildcats. Conservation group Wildcat Haven has launched an online petition over plans to build 16 new turbines at Clashindarroch, south-west of Huntly, over fears for the creatures who live in the area. Swedish Read more…
By Katie Laing Arguments raged at the North Tolsta Community Hall on Tuesday night over controversial plans to site a corporate wind farm within a 2km buffer zone of houses. California-based Forsa Energy have planning permission for 14 turbines at the Druim Leathann Windfarm, but are in the process of Read more…
Greg Russell, Journalist Almost a third of Scotland’s wildcat population could be wiped out by a proposed windfarm development that would clear a huge swathe of their last forest stronghold, according to campaigners. Wildcat Haven said the plans for Clashindarroch Forest near Huntly, in Aberdeenshire, by Swedish energy giant Vattenfall, Read more…
New figures from the Renewable UK Offshore Wind Project show that the UK has retained the top spot as the largest offshore wind market in the world with a portfolio of 35.2GW. This is followed by Germany (23.4GW), Taiwan (8.3GW), China (7.7GW) and the USA (7.5GW) rounds out the Read more…