Seeing a change in the weather by Andy McFarlane, Head of Renewables at law firm Wright, Johnston &Mackenzie discusses the state of play for the renewables sector in Scotland – available on Press Reader https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20200924/282815013679973
Community activists, unions, local business and industry representatives have launched an “Action for Arnish” campaign, after renewables supply chain firm BiFab failed to secure any work from the £3 billion Seagreen offshore wind project. The company – which operates the Arnish yard on Lewis and a sister facility in Fife Read more…
WIND farm developer Viking Energy has expressed its regret for allowing silt run offs from its construction site to enter nearby Sand Water, a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) and one of the many lochs regularly checked for its water quality as part of the project. Shetland Islands Council, Read more…
THE FUNDRAISING manager of the £1.65 million MRI scanner appeal has expressed his gratitude to the Viking Energy wind farm benefit fund for its offer to donate £200,000 towards the community effort. The chairman of the campaign group opposing the wind farm has meanwhile condemned the offer as a “PR Read more…
A councillor who is concerned about the growth of wind farms in Caithness says he is more convinced than ever that the planning system is fundamentally flawed and “profoundly undemocratic”. Matthew Reiss warns that even if there are hundreds of local objections to a particular proposal the numbers “do not Read more…
SCOTTISH and Southern Energy (SSE) last week announced a major contract for all the fabrication work for the 114 offshore wind turbines planned for the Seagreen array off the east coast of Fife. Rather than to the currently mothballed BiFab yards in Methil and Burntisland, the work has gone, lock, Read more…
21 September 2020 When Scots voted for the SNP they thought they were voting for a nationalist party that would put jobs and Scots first. It seems we have a party flying false colours. Once again work is going abroad (‘Anger as BiFab misses out on wind farm work’, Courier, Read more…
Written by John Constable, Professor Gordon Hughes In this important contribution to our series on post-Brexit Britain Professor Gordon Hughes and Dr John Constable take on the entire green energy movement in arguing that the widespread view about the falling costs of renewable energy is wrong. They view official government Read more…