November 21, 2018

By Joseph Anderson, Local Democracy Reporter A firm planning a wind farm near Hawick is appealing to the Scottish Government to overturn a decision by councillors to reject it. Proposals for the £8m development, consisting of seven turbines up to 132m tall at Barrel Law, near Roberton, were thrown out Read more…

Wind policies are making us a poorer nation YOU state that “existing turbines currently produce enough energy to generate 98 per cent of the country’s electricity demand” (“Key questions over upgrading of wind farms”, Herald editorial, November 20). This figure is misleading because the wind does not blow 24/7. The Read more…