Community Windpower has lost a judicial review case seeking to restart construction at the 45MW Sneddon Law wind farm in Scotland. Lords Brodie, Malcolm and Pentland at the Court of Session have concluded that “none” of the developer’s legal arguments to overturn an earlier East Ayrshire Council stop order were Read more
After this crisis, there will be an opportunity to have an honest conversation about the future. The truth is that, despite the fact that there is almost universal acceptance of the need to move to a completely renewables-based electricity supply, it has been becoming increasingly difficult to invest in Scotland’s Read more
By 2050, the European Commission envisages half the bloc’s electricity will be sourced from wind power. According to the Commission’s scenarios, getting there means increasing onshore wind from 180GW to 750GW, and offshore wind from 22GW to 450GW, an overall eight-fold increase in capacity. For WindEurope, the wind industry association, Read more