Public consultations for wind power projects often hear the same question: how will this affect wildlife? The issue has followed wind generation since it first became widespread and has never truly gone away. Still now, bird protection causes significant delays to wind projects. As an example, the 2.4GW Hornsea Three Read more
MALUNG, Sweden — Sweden faces a looming green electricity shortage, but its plan to scale up wind power has hit a problem: resistance from Swedes who don’t want giant turbines as neighbors. Sweden, like a number of other northern European countries, sees wind power as a relatively cheap and quick Read more
ECU Reference: ECU00002218 For the development of a wind farm comprising 14 wind turbines and associated infrastructure, at a site located 1.5 km northeast of the village of Forth,at Heathland Forest, within the administrative boundaries of South Lanarkshire and West Lothian Council Height 180m http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00002218&fbclid=IwAR31E9SpdX47CHD39IGEXTG1MDgYIjBl9dGwF3PHn7u_zh39XZdnKMSHOD4
f any of you would like to raise Windfarms in your area, here’s a chance. BBC Debate Night, Scotland’s topical discussion programme, is back on the (virtual) road to give you, the people of Scotland, the opportunity to have your say about the issues that matter most to you. Next Read more
Campaigners have escalated their complaint about the SIC’s handling of the controversial Viking Energy windfarm. Save Shetland announced last night (Tuesday) that it had now taken its complaint about the planning authority to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman. The group first raised its grievance last month. It also submitted a Read more
Proposals have been put forward to build a wind farm a few miles from New Cumnock in East Ayrshire with turbines measuring up to 260m (850ft) tall – twice the height of The Glasgow Tower, Scotland’s tallest building. The bid to create a new 50MW wind farm will generate enough Read more
FINANCIERS have underlined their appetite for windfarms in Scotland amid the latest in a series of deals in the sector. Blackfinch Energy has acquired two onshore developments in rural Aberdeenshire for an undisclosed sum. Investors have been attracted by the potential to generate attractive returns on investments in windfarms. These Read more
RESEARCHERS have warned that the Scottish Government must adopt a more devolved strategy to achieve its key carbon reduction targets by handing more resources and powers to city regions. The warning from experts at Edinburgh University comes as Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse told MSPs that the UK Government needs to Read more