by David McPhee First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to continue the growth of onshore wind power – while ruling out a public veto for such projects. Speaking at the All Energy conference in Glasgow yesterday, Ms Sturgeon described the Conservative public veto policy in England as “short-sighted” and said Read more…
by Michelle Henderson Engineers from a Highland Wind farm have been evacuated to safety as firefighters continue to battle a raging wildfire in Sutherland. The blaze has reduced in area from almost 5,000 acres on Tuesday to more like 1,000 acres yesterday, but has got closer to the Strathy North Read more…
A wind farm which Mountaineering Scotland claimed would form a “ring of steel” around a Galloway hill has been rejected. Dumfries and Galloway Council refused the 10-turbine project in August 2017. Developers then appealed to the Scottish government over the Longburn scheme near Cairnsmore of Carsphairn. A reporter has now Read more…
CAN we believe all that we read? Or are we able to differentiate between hype and reality? Today’s Herald is full of news about Scotland leading the world in renewables and “competition” between Scotland and Edinburgh to pass the “carbon-neutral” post first (“Scotland leads way with green industrial revolution”, The Read more…