Financial Times – 6 May 2020 The UK is resisting EU moves to incorporate guarantees on respecting international climate change commitments in a future trade deal, adding to mounting disagreements on both sides over how to forge their post-Brexit relationship. EU officials said the most recent negotiating round with the Read more
We’ve posted a lot on turbine blades in the past but this recent article has some pretty spectacular picture if you follow the link. Indestructible wind turbine blades can’t easily be crushed, recycled or repurposed Instead they are hacked into pieces small enough for a flatbed and hauled to landfills Read more
A community in Scotland has launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy 10,500 acres of moorland for use as a nature reserve amid fears it could be turned into a wind farm or tree plantation. Langholm Moor covers nearly half of the land being sold off for the first time by Read more
COMMUNITIES have raised concerns about imminent plans to re-start work on a huge Scottish windfarm amidst a continuing coronavirus lockdown with imported Irish workers who they fear will not be tested. It comes a matter of days after it emerged that a local paramedic from the area had died from Read more
Dear Sir, It is heart-breaking to read, in our P&J on Friday 1stMay, that the insatiable wind industry is intent on carpeting the finest landscapes, and seascapes, in Western Europe with ever more demonstrably-useless and hugely-damaging industrial wind factories, a simply devastating 74 applications in total. Particularly so, as a Read more
By Andy Hamilton Plans for a new windfarm near New Cumnock have now been submitted to council chiefs. The Greenburn windfarm would comprises 16 turbines, with a maximum height of 149.9m with a capacity of 67.2MW. The site would be located approximately 4.5km from New Cumnock adjacent to the Read more
By John Davidson | The Inverness Courier A new onshore wind farm has been proposed in the hills above Fort Augustus. SSE Renewables has applied to the Scottish Government to construct and operate a 36-turbine farm. It would be located 11km south-east of the village in the Monadhliath mountains with Read more
The UK government must factor in renewables when rebuilding the economy after the COVID-19 crisis, according to the Committee on Climate Change. Actions towards net-zero emissions and limiting damage from climate change will help rebuild the UK with a stronger economy, said Lord Deben, CCC chairman, in an open letter Read more