PLANS to erect a wind turbine in Neilston have been slammed by worried residents. A proposal to base the eco-friendly power source on grazing land south of the village’s Kingston Road has been lodged with East Renfrewshire Council. But some residents have expressed concerns about the potential impact on the Read more
Notice has been served that a planning application might be put forward to build a new windfarm on the border of Moray and Aberdeenshire. EnergieKontor UK, a subsidiary of a German-owned company, is tentatively looking at building nine turbines to the west of Haugh of Glass, as well as a Read more
A Caithness councillor has claimed that residents in the Reay area are being subjected to “corporate bullying” over the scale of wind farms planned for the surrounding area. Councillor Matthew Reiss said villagers fear being almost encircled by turbines and he accused renewable energy companies of “utter insensitivity to the Read more
WIND turbines should be put up around the greens at Cardross Golf Club instead of putting solar panels on the clubhouse roof, a council officer has suggested. The club is contesting a decision by Argyll and Bute Council officials to deny them permission for more than 100 photovoltaic panels on Read more
The end of BiFab feels like the return of Thatcher. A flashback to a darker time when the very breath of Scotland’s beating industrial body was choked out of us. Factory closure followed factory closure and the sheer weight of industrial collapse crushed all opposition. Back then it was Read more
he world’s first detailed route map to ending a nation’s use of fossil fuels is both “ambitious and affordable”, according to the UK government’s official advisers, and would see half of the cars on the road being electric by 2030 and 10,000 giant wind turbines in the North Sea. The Read more