THE SECOND day of a hearing by the Scottish Land Court into the Viking wind farm development concluded in Lerwick on Tuesday. http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/16602-crofters-and-developers-clash-at-court-hearing
A HEARING of the Scottish Land Court got under way in Lerwick on Monday afternoon to determine whether or not Viking Energy can build its planned 103-turbine wind farm on crofting land in the north mainland of Shetland. http://www.shetnews.co.uk/newsbites/16598-court-hears-evidence-on-tourism-and-peat-bog-restoration
A north film industry manager claims building more wind farms in scenic parts of the Highlands could threaten the future of film and television production in the region. Highland film industry manager says turbines could threaten the future of the industry
A new wind farm in southern Scotland will meet half the energy needs of food giant Nestle in the UK and Ireland. The nine turbines near Sanquhar were developed in partnership with Community Windpower. The development was officially opened by Nestle UK and Ireland’s Chief Executive Stefano Agostini. He said Read more
Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off the coast of Aberdeen successfully exported to the national grid on Sunday. The power, from the first of the development’s 11 turbines to go live, was carried through 66 kilovolt (kV) subsea cabling, the first time that cabling of such capacity Read more
I WOULD second Alan Fitzpatrick’s call for an independent study into the cost of energy in an independent Scotland (Letters, July 2). It would come down on the side of self-government. A starting point could be in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regularly publishing a levelised Read more
The renewable energy arm of EDF – the nuclear-dominated French generator – has sold a 49% stake in its portfolio of UK wind-farms to a pension fund manager for £700 million. EDF said the money from the sale to Dalmore Capital Limited and Pensions Infrastructure Platform – with investment from Read more
The new £300 million wind farm off Aberdeen has reached a major milestone by generating power for the first time. The first of 11 turbines went live at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) on Sunday, and a second was due to start production yesterday afternoon. The development faced Read more