Plans to build two 100m-tall wind turbines half a kilometre from Boghead have been thrown out by South Lanarkshire Council. More than 40 people had objected to the plans by HBY2 Ltd, with concerns that the development could have a “dominant and overbearing presence” on the village. Councillors unanimously agreed Read more
Some helpful tips. Thank you very much to the Author. A precognition is a paper setting out your evidence. In most other jurisdictions it’s called a statement. 1 Planning your message. Before you start your formal document, make some informal notes: What? – the key message you want to get Read more
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Wind turbine maker Vestas unveiled new technology on Monday which it says enables wind turbine blades to be fully recycled, avoiding the dumping of old blades. Turbine blades are set to account for 43 million tonnes of waste in 2050, according to a 2017 University of Cambridge Read more
An overseas renewable energy group is looking for a financial partner to help it take forward ambitious plans for a £1.2 billion floating wind farm in Scotland. Spanish-Japanese renewable energy group Univergy International is looking to develop the project – named Scotia Ventus – off the north-east coast. The group Read more
Some of you who have been fighting wind farms for a while, will remember the debate we had in Holyrood in 2011. The Report can be accessed here starting on page 74. https://www.parliament.scot/…/CustomM…/OfficialReport… You’ll see plenty of well known names from the past including Annabel Goldie and Graeme Pearson. Read more
Rogart Community Council is to hold a meeting next week to discuss two proposed major wind farm developments in the surrounding area. Power company WKN is seeking consent to erect nine turbines up to a maximum blade tip height of 149.9m on open moorland sloping down to the south shore Read more
Good morning from Whitelee wind farm. The epicentre of UK onshore wind. Where the turbines behind me, some twice the height of the epic Glasgow Cathedral, are powering practically every home in the city. Where, beneath Scottish skies, every revolution of these enormous blades generates enough electricity to charge 300 Read more
Calls have been made to curb wind farm construction around Loch Ness after more than 700 turbines may soon surround the popular tourist attraction. A number of Highland leaders and anti-wind farm campaigners have urged the Scottish Government to “halt the devastation” to nature and local wildlife through a growing Read more