Offshore wind farm developers will be stripped of subsidy contracts if they fail to deliver on their promises to use British manufacturers, the government has confirmed. Industry leaders warned that the decision created a “significant investment risk” and said ministers must make clear what was required of them. Britain aims Read more
Letter in today’s Press and Journal
Artist’s impression of the view along Loch Shin STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HIGHLANDS: We Need Your Help! Please Act Now – deadline to oppose this application is 23rd May! On the 1st April WKNGmbH German Energy submitted yet another application to the Highland Council to build the Sallachy Wind Read more
The spread of wind farms across the country is frightening to behold but as demonstrated in Wednesday’s article “Calls for help for Scottish Communities threatened by Ring of Steel wind turbines”, what we are seeing at the moment is only the tip of the iceberg. Rural communities may be currently Read more
A tarnished record RENEWABLEUK is shouting from the rooftops about wind power setting a record on Monday with an output at one point of 17.6GW (gigawatts) (“New record set for wind power on bank holiday”, The Herald, 5 May). But what it is ignoring is that for the whole of Read more
Buccleuch has announced that it is to market a consented 210 MW pumped storage hydro system (PSH) and adjacent windfarm in what it describes as “a unique opportunity in the renewable energy space”. The project, which will be built on the former opencast coalmining site at Glenmuckloch, on the Queensberry Read more
The turbines have yet to rise above Limekiln Forest but already the landscape has undergone a transformation. Chopped-down trees are stacked up neatly beside the newly created access road, a long and winding stony track slicing its way through peaty ground. A huge area is being levelled to accommodate a Read more
Celia Hobbs has every good reason to be worried about the Greens’ manifesto (letters, 4 May). For anyone living in rural Scotland in an old stone built property, it is a disaster. They want all homes to be insulated to an acceptable standard by 2025 or the owners will be Read more