Highland councillors have been asked to raise no objection to Scottish Hydro’s plans for a 14-mile stretch of overhead power lines from a Sutherland wind farm to a substation. The line will start at Creag Riabach windfarm and end at the recently consented Dalchork substation. Planners say the development risks Read more…
British wind farms are now solving the same problems they create for the grid operator — and lowering consumer bills in the process. With fewer and fewer fossil generators left in the U.K. generation mix, and more and more renewables, the network is under strain. But more than 100 large Read more…
Scottish Renewables has called for policies to support a green economic recovery as it launched a new report arguing that every gigawatt of renewable energy installed in Scotland adds £133m to the economy and creates 1500 jobs. Scottish Renewables outlined steps the government should take to boost the country’s green Read more…