By Ian McConnell Group Business Editor REGULATOR Ofgem has launched an investigation into Borders electricity and gas supplier Spark Energy over non-payment of money due under the UK Government’s renewables obligation arrangements. The Herald revealed last week that Spark had missed a £14.4 million renewables obligation payment and was in Read more…
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…
AS politicians in Moray, Aberdeenshire and Holyrood, sit in their overheated offices, closing toilets, schools, libraries, community halls, and laying off staff left right and centre because of lack of funds, they are about to grant planning permission for even more offshore wind turbines in our glorious Moray Firth that Read more…
By Victoria Weldon Reporter They are the polarising structures at the heart of the Scottish Government’s plans for a cleaner, greener energy supply. Wind turbines have long attracted controversy in Scotland, with some arguing they are a blight on scenery and tourism as others hail them as a symbol of Read more…
FEW would disagree that wind turbines have a significant role to play in powering Scotland’s future. The country has long been at the forefront of the UK’s green energy efforts, setting ambitious greenhouse targets, leading the way on cleaner technologies and wind farms have been central to this. Indeed, existing Read more…
A second proposed extension of one of Moray’s largest wind farms has been described as a “nail in the coffin” for the region’s tourist industry. Extra turbines could be ‘nail in coffin’ for tourism
£1.3 wind scheme to take off on Inner Hebrides Written by Energy Reporter A £1.3 million renewable energy scheme is to launch on the Island of Canna in the Inner Hebrides. Positioned 23 miles out into the Atlantic, one thing residents on one of the UK’s remotest islands are not Read more…