By Gordon Calder A plan to create another wind farm in the Reay area is “completely unnecessary”, according to a local campaigner. Brenda Herrick hit out this week after a proposed development was outlined to Highland councillors at a north planning committee meeting. Drum Hollistan Renewables LLP wants to construct Read more
Scottish Renewables has compiled the key statistics on the development of Scotland’s renewable energy sector from a variety of government and industry sources in order to track the industry’s growing contribution to our energy needs, our economy and our environment. These statistics are updated on a continuous basis as new Read more
Burning wood from forests for energy could be worse for the climate than coal, the government has been warned, after the practice was recommended by its net zero advisory body. The Committee on Climate Change called for subsidies to support the expansion of forest cover across the UK as part Read more
Pat Rafferty: Governments must set targets to protect renewables jobs It was only last week that Unite welcomed the Scottish Government’s intention to ensure that local and regional supply chains would benefit from contracts in the renewables sector. Representatives from the UK Government, trade unions and industry including companies such Read more
THERE is a lot of misinformation about the proposed “Red John” pumped hydro scheme in your article (“Public inquiry into £625 million green energy plan at Loch Ness”, The Herald, January 20). In its description of the scheme the article uses the words “huge” and “massive”, but the vital statistic Read more
The Scottish Government has rejected new offshore wind jobs figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) that claim job numbers have declined. The latest data provided by ONS shows Scotland experienced a steep decline in the sector in 2018 as the number of businesses created in the sector Read more
Energy investor buys wind farm in Kintyre By Victoria Masterson A wind farm project in Argyll and Bute that is expected to generate around £4m for the local economy has been acquired by a London-listed renewable energy investor. Blary Hill wind farm project, which has the rights to build a Read more
16 Jan 2020 Many people in Scotland suffer from a polluted environment, particularly those in poorer communities, and, across Scotland, environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, toxic air and plastic pollution are becoming ever more pressing. There is a growing and increasingly complex body of environmental law in Scots Read more