STOCKHOLM (AP) – A 230-meter (755 feet) tall wind turbine in Arctic Sweden came crashing down on the snow during the weekend as high winds swept across the region, officials said Monday. No one was injured. Maria Roske, chief executive of windmill operator WPD, told the local Norran newspaper that Read more…
Scotland’s 32 local authorities are facing a planning logjam that could jeopardise the country’s climate change targets, according to new research by industry body Scottish Renewables. The research found that the number of planners employed by councils in Scotland has fallen by 20% since 2011, but the number of applications Read more…
A public inquiry into plans for a 39-turbine wind farm in a Highland mountain range has heard it could ultimately lead to a “complex larger than the city of Dundee” being built on a “once tranquil plateau”. The proposed Glenshero development would be sited next to the recently built 66-turbine Read more…