A bid has been lodged to extend the operational life of a wind farm near an ancient hill fort site in the Borders. Councillors rejected the 12-turbine Pines Burn development near Hawick in 2017 due to landscape concerns. However, it was approved the following year by the Scottish government after Read more…
RJ MacLeod has won a contract for the extension of a South Lanarkshire wind farm that will become home to the UK’s first 200-metre-tall onshore turbines. The Glasgow-headquartered company will supply the supporting components and auxiliary systems to 15 additional turbines being installed at Kype Muir by Banks Renewables, the Read more…
Third of Scotland’s big wind farms linked to tax havens including Cayman Islands By Rob Edwards and Ally Tibbitt Nearly a third of Scotland’s biggest wind farms have owners with links to offshore tax havens in the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Guernsey and Jersey. An investigation by The Ferret has Read more…