Scotland Against Spin
  • Home
  • About
  • News
  • Wind Energy FAQs
  • Resources
  • Galleries
    • Inverness Protest 2013
    • Perth Protest – 2013
    • SAS stand at SNP Conference
  • Accident Statistics
  • Contact Us

June 16, 2019

Ministers accused of reintroducing consumer subsidies for onshore wind turbines ‘by the back door’ – Telegraph

Ministers are being accused of covertly reintroducing consumer subsidies for onshore wind turbines, despite the Conservatives’ pledge to ditch the lucrative incentives for energy firms. A new government green energy scheme will guarantee payments to operators of  pairs of turbines each up to 490 feet high, and solar farms spanning Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 4 years ago

Lowther Hills wind farm inquiry date set – BBC

A date has been set for a public inquiry into a major wind farm development in southern Scotland. Eight days in October have been set aside to hear evidence about the 30-turbine Buccleuch and Forsa Energy project in the Lowther Hills. Developers have scaled back the scheme from the original Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 4 years ago

East Renfrewshire wind farm has been breath of fresh air in efforts to go green – Barrhead News

AN East Renfrewshire wind farm has been hailed as a “national success story,” a decade on from its official opening. Whitelee, which is the largest onshore wind project in the UK, was created to significantly boost the number of homes powered by renewable energy. It began generating electricity in January Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 4 yearsJune 16, 2019 ago
Search site
Planet of the Humans
Latest News
  • Anger as only one Scottish Government building has eco friendly heat pump installed – Herald
  • Does England’s renewable future sit on two small onshore wind turbines? – Energy Live News
  • We are helpless to stop our unique landscape being industrialised – Times
News Archive
June 2019
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
« May   Jul »
Featured Group

Renewable Energy Foundation
The Renewable Energy Foundation is a registered charity promoting sustainable development for the benefit of the public by means of energy conservation and the use of renewable energy.

RSS REF Blog (RSS)
  • Why are “Unsubsidised” Wind Farms Receiving Constraint Payments?
  • Constraint Payments to Wind Power in 2020 and 2021
  • Offshore Wind Subsidies per MWh Generated Continue to Rise
  • Costs, Performance and Investment Returns for Wind Power Presentation
  • Public Accounts Committee Evidence on the Economics of Small-Scale wind generation in NI
About SAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyUPMSJvj_E
Media Enquiries
Graham Lang (Chair)
T: 01334 828 550
E: GrahamLang@scotlandagainstspin.org
Follow Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
SiteLock
SiteLock
Featured Group

National Wind Watch® (NWW) is a coalition of groups and individuals working to save rural and wild places from heedless industrial wind energy development.

RSS Scottish News (RSS)
  • Dozens of giant turbines at Scots windfarms powered by diesel generators
  • Campaigners urge Moray and Aberdeenshire councils to think again about any more wind farms
  • Armadale developers remove three turbines from proposal, increase size of remaining nine
  • ‘Unprecedented’ lack of trout in Burn of Lunklet following wind farm construction

  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
Developed by Design Fife