The European renewable energy company, ERG is committed to helping the Scottish government progress its goal of achieving a zero-carbon economy by 2040. ERG, which is currently developing four wind farms in the UK, is already in the top ten of European onshore wind operators. It is the leading renewable Read more…
The renewables industry has produced a report countering Audit Office findings that single wind turbines in Northern Ireland receive “excessive subsidies”. It complained when the Northern Ireland Audit Office produced its work in 2020. The auditors found that a turbine could earn £95,000 a year in subsidies, quickly paying back Read more…
A LEADING energy company has warned that Scotland will not be able to scale up wind farms to meet climate targets without an overhaul of charging regimes that “penalises” projects north of the border. Currently, Scotland is planning or has installed around 740 MW of energy from offshore wind farms. Read more…
Plans for a 12-turbine wind farm in the north Highlands have been welcomed by the local community council, which sees it as a way of funding vital infrastructure projects. Developer Stratkraft has submitted an application to Highland Council for the proposed Ackron Wind Farm, near Melvich, which will have 492 Read more…
RSPB Scotland has raised concerns over the proposed build of a 33-turbine windfarm near Stornoway. The charity said that the development could have ‘significant’ negative impacts on important bird populations on the Isle of Lewis through the risk of collision, displacement and disturbance caused by the turbines. RSPB Scotland had Read more…
Renewables consultancy Natural Power has launched a smart curtailment technology to reduce bat collisions with wind turbines. The Detection and Active Response Curtailment (DARC) system simultaneously reduces bat fatalities and energy losses at wind farms, the company has claimed. Natural Power brought together a team of bat experts and technology Read more…
Indigenous reindeer herders are bringing a legal action against a proposed wind power project that would be one of the largest in Norway. The Sámi herders from Nordland county are accusing the Øyfjellet windfarm constructors of breaking licensing agreements which stipulated that construction would not interfere with reindeer migration paths. Read more…
A Stormont department has refused to intervene in a planning row over a wind turbine erected at a 5,000-year-old protected burial ground. The Department for Infrastructure was asked to force the removal of the turbine at Knock Iveagh near Rathfriland after a planning mistake. The request came from a council Read more…