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…
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…
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…