AN AGREEMENT in principle on how Viking Energy would pay money into a community benefit fund is expected to be reached by the end of July. Shetland Community Benefit Fund Ltd chair Chris Bunyan told a meeting of Lerwick Community Council on Monday evening that after being “dormant for a Read more…
The proposed development is located in the vicinity of Fetteresso Forest, approximately 15 km west of the town of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. The proposed development is centred on the British National Grid Coordinates 372154 786488. The proposed development will act as an extension to the operational Mid Hill I and Read more…
By Margaret Taylor, Business correspondent TURNOVER and profits at Perth civil engineering firm I&H Brown plummeted in the year to September 2018 as a combination of uncertainty in the onshore wind sector and a poor performance in its Warrington base took their toll on the business. Having already seen revenues Read more…
I READ your article on the latest recommendations of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) with some incredulity (“One-fifth of all farmland ‘should be returned to wilderness’”, The Herald, May 30). At long last it has dawned on SNH, and in particular its chief executive, Francesca Osowska, the importance of preserving peatland. Read more…
by Louise Glen Renewed calls have been made for power regulator Ofgem to consider the impact a lucrative 600MW National Grid link from Western Isles wind farms to the mainland could have on the area. In March, the regulator confirmed it was “minded” to approve such a link from Shetland Read more…
By Ross Gardiner The Scottish Government has knocked back plans for a major wind farm in Highland Perthshire following a lengthy appeal. The application for Dulater Hill Wind Park was initially lodged with Perth and Kinross Council in the summer of 2014. Developer Ecotricity wanted to build 17 turbines at Read more…