Offshore windfarms risk harming delicate landscapes and vulnerable wildlife habitats if the government fails to coordinate the planning system in its push for a big expansion of clean energy, green campaigners have warned. The prime minister, Boris Johnson, has promised that every home will be powered by offshore wind by Read more
An island charity has launched a last ditch fundraising drive to stay afloat after previously announcing it was to shut. But Western Isles Foyer in Stornoway is now involved in a race against time to bring in £50,000 by December 2 to allow it to continue. It was feared the Read more
An EU source warned Britain could lose “top-up in access to our electricity markets” unless it compromises with Brussels in ongoing trade talks over fishing and state aid rules. European officials close to the talks have warned Britain could lose energy supplies unless a deal is done, with the UK Read more
The hero of Coca-Cola’s new Christmas TV commercial is not Father Christmas or a Snowman or a cuddly toy come to life, but a rugged lightly-bearded offshore wind technician. The two-and-a-half-minute almost-wordless tearjerker, directed by Oscar-winning actor-writer-director Taika Waititi, tells the heroic travails of the renewables worker and his attempts Read more
“One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms” could be created off East Lothian’s coast, containing nearly 250 wind turbines which could power every home in Scotland. Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm would be created more than 50 kilometres off the county coastline in the Firth of Forth. If consented Read more
Community Windpower has filed a planning application for the 75-turbine, 525MW Scoop Hill wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The plans will see 22 turbines up to 250 metres high, which would be the tallest in Scotland, as well as two 225-metre machines, 47 at 200 metres and four Read more
Plans to designate an area of Galloway’s coastal waters as a possible site for wind turbines have been sunk. The Scottish Government had included an area south of Luce Bay in its draft sectoral marine plan as having wind energy potential. The zone was one of 16 “draft plan options” Read more
“No development shall commence on site until the [Viking Energy] partnership has provided documentary evidence that the proposed bond or other financial provision in is place and written confirmation has been given by the planning authority [Shetland Islands Council] that the proposed bond or other financial provision is satisfactory.” Agreement Read more