Compromise needed to avert this climate emergency – Herald Paul Sheerin Our new year is still in its infancy, but already there are no shortages of challenges. A new virus variant returns us to the toughest of lockdowns, the ripple in the carpet that is Brexit has reached the wall, Read more
A petition with over 1,200 signatures calling for work to be halted on the Viking Energy windfarm has been handed to the Shetland Islands Council. The motion has been handed in by Save Shetland, and has attracted 1,221 signatures. Group member Ernie Rameker said there was “great concern”, in the Read more
Thank you for your emails of 3 November 2020 and 5 January 2021. Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in replying. As your correspondence relates to the disposal of wind turbine blades, I have been asked to reply on behalf of Scottish Ministers.As you will be aware, The Read more
Council officials are set to give the nod of approval to a 49-turbine wind farm at North Kyle between New Cumnock and Dalmellington. The proposed development was revised to 49 turbines from the originally proposed 54. Scottish Ministers, who ultimately decide the outcome of large wind farm applications, consulted East Read more
I know some of you have Appeals coming up soon , so thought it might be helpful to gain from my experience at a Public Inquiry last week. You may know that last week (13-15th January) I was a ‘lay witness’ for the Private Water Supply risk assessment (PWS RA), Read more
A 17.5 per cent stake in the Beatrice offshore wind farm, developed by Perth-based energy giant SSE, is being bought by The Renewables Infrastructure Group, which highlighted the part such projects could play in the UK’s decarbonisation drive. The equity interest in Beatrice, around 13 kilometres off Scotland’s north-east coast, Read more
It is a compelling vision: by 2050, this island nation will no longer contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. It will grace the globe leaving no imprint, no carbon trail to threaten future generations, merely kissing the surface of the silver sea. Not that we residents will be energy starved, husbanding Read more
LAST Wednesday the wind died, and Britain’s fleet of thousands of wind turbines mostly stopped turning. The engineers at National Grid had seen the problem coming: temperatures and wind speeds had been low all week, and were forecast to fall further. Their response was to issue a ‘margin notice’ – Read more