MINISTERS have been criticised for an “abject failure” over its 2020 ‘green capital of Europe’ revolution which has produced as little as five per cent of the low carbon jobs it forecast. The Herald on Sunday can reveal that what was initially a taxpayer-backed £70m investment fund to finance the Read more…
The Ministry of Defence is “under attack” from wind farms, according to newly released documents that show that the agency raises formal concerns over proposed sites in Scotland at least once a week on average. Defence officials have objected to schemes or sought assurances that they will not interfere with Read more…
Why do we insist on destroying nature on the pretence of saving it? WHILST completely in agreement with Struan Stevenson (“March of the wind farms is destroying Scotland’s beauty – but we can stop it”, The Herald, May 27) about the catastrophic effect of unrestrained wind farm development on Scotland’s Read more…
The data was provided by the Scottish Government through an FOI request, however we discovered that some of the figures had not been updated since last year. We therefore undertook our own research using on-line renewables databases The figures below relate to turbines over 100kw only. As always, East Renfrewshire Read more…
Turbines total According to experts at Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University the number of workers in the UK’s offshore energy sector could reach 220,000 by the end of this decade (your report, 25 May). In Scotland the “tens-of-thousands” of wind turbine jobs promised went to foreign manufacturers and foreign workers. The Read more…
Bird-mincers Since when did the industrial scale slaughter of wildlife become “Clean Green” energy? Why, oh why, are we celebrating what the RSPB describe as the final nail in the coffin for seabirds? The entire media, from newspapers to the BBC, act as a fawning mouthpiece for the wind industry, Read more…
The UK government will have the ability to withdraw or terminate a contract for difference (CfD) if a developer fails to deliver an acceptable supply chain implementation statement (SCIS) under changes to the renewables auction scheme. The government has confirmed several changes to be made to supply chain plans under Read more…