Officials at the Department for the Economy believed wind turbines “should be eligible” for coronavirus payments. Fifty-two wind turbine owners in Northern Ireland received emergency coronavirus funding from Stormont. The sector was subsequently ruled ineligible, after more than £500,000 was paid. The Department of Economy said once new information came Read more
The reality of the mega-size of new 149.9 metre high turbines being constructed at Gordonbush Wind Farm has hit home. An abnormal load carrying a 63.5 metre long turbine blade inched its way north along the A9 from Nigg harbour yesterday, turning at Brora to access the single-track road Strathbrora Read more
SCOTLAND is windy; very windy indeed. That may on occasion be a problem for walkers, tourists and golfers, but it makes the country an ideal location for renewable power. Offshore windfarms are a particularly efficient form of generation and a hugely ambitious new initiative seeks to significantly ramp up the Read more
A third windfarm in a small area of north-west Skye has been given the nod by Highland councillors, despite planners’ admission of a ‘significant adverse impact’ on the surroundings. Ben Sca wind farm will lie little more than a mile north of Edinbane, between 18 turbine Edinbane wind farm and Read more
Campaigners are urging people to object to plans to build 150m tall turbines in the Glenkens. Falck Renewables already has planning permission for eight, 126.5m turbines at Mochrum Fell. And while they are now proposing to drop that number to seven, they also want to make them taller. More than Read more
BiFab’s hopes of securing work on giant wind turbines have been delivered a final blow by the UK and Scottish governments who said they have “no legal route to provide further financial support” to the Fife yard. A £2 billion deal for eight jacket for the Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG) Read more
Around 75 organisations, including environmental and public health bodies, trade unions and community groups, have sent an open letter to the UK government calling for renewable energy subsidies to be redirected away from biomass to wind and solar power. The letter, organised by Biofuelwatch, was sent to the Department for Read more
The Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2020 was introduced in the Dáil this afternoon (Tuesday, November 24) with the aim of implementing “sensible regulations” for wind farm developments. This is Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley’s third attempt since 2014 to introduce such a bill, and he said he is “going to Read more