About the author Jack Ponton is Emeritus Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, a fellow ofthe Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (of which he is a past vice-president).His main research work was in mathematical modelling of complex engineering phe-nomena and software development. Read more…
First Minister intervention plea as jobs go at CS Wind By Martin Williams Senior News Reporter THE First Minister is being urged to intervene amid concerns Scotland is missing out on a wind farm jobs boom, as it emerges another major firm lost out on a key contract. A circular Read more…
A judicial review hearing will take place at the Court of Session in March into the construction of Community Windpower’s Sneddon Law Wind Farm in East Ayrshire. (CWP and FIM v Scottish Ministers). The JR relates to the Reporter’s decision. http://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=118339 Two procedural hearings have already taken place. Construction was Read more…
Scottish Power plans to squeeze more renewable electricity from its onshore windfarms by covering the ground beside the turbines with photovoltaic panels and batteries. The wind power firm has applied for permission to build its first solar power projects beneath the blades of its existing windfarms in Cornwall, Lancashire and Read more…