A Sutherland resident is urging her neighbours not to accept “the tainted silver coin” when it comes to a proposed windfarm on Loch Shin. Chahna Sudevan lives in Overscaig and will see the nine turbine Sallachy windfarm from her house. She says she is disturbed by the lack of effective Read more
Planners had earlier this week received 25 representations regarding the planned nine-turbine wind farm at Sallachy Estate. There were 15 objections to the development – on open moorland sloping down to the south shore of Loch Shin – and nine expressions of support. Those against, which includes Mountaineering Scotland, claim Read more
By Martin Williams Senior News Reporter – Herald ELECTRICITY transmission charges are acting as a barrier for investment in green energy projects in Scotland and will hit the transition to a low carbon economy, experts have warned. A new analysis by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission, which is responsible Read more
Time to listen to rural Scots WHILST your Letters Pages are full of concerns from those living in the Central Belt, why is it that the vast array of wind turbines and HV pylons that desecrate rural Scotland receive no attention? The First Minister may well criticise Boris Johnson, but Read more
And we too wish Paul Wheelhouse a very happy retirement from his job as Energy Minister. May he forever be surrounded by wind farms.
Hundreds of young salmon will be tagged and tracked to help protect them from new farms and wind farms. The first smolt was caught and tagged on the River Lundy in Lochaber last month as part of research aimed at helping explain the decline in the wild salmon population. Experts Read more
In case readers failed to notice, the ‘settled science’ of ‘Global Warming’ which we are forbidden to question, has just dished up the coldest April for Sixty years and the finest skiing conditions in Scotland for a Decade. Meanwhile, Lorna Slater and the Greens witter on about ‘sustainable’ energy and Read more
Posted by Gript Column | May 6, 2021 The author is a senior executive working in the energy sector in Ireland whose identity is known to Gript. We have agreed to provide him anonymity so that he can speak freely. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Read more