Rare ringed plovers were found nesting at the bottom of a wind turbine at a wind farm. Bird experts, who were working as part of a conservation programme, came across two nests while on site in the Central Belt. The short-legged wading bird can usually be found nesting on the Read more…
Achany Extension Wind Farm – Application Achany Extension Wind Farm. The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be over 50MW comprising up to 20 turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 149.9 metres The Proposed Development is located on the adjoining land to the north-west Read more…
Nowhere safe from wind farms YOU revealed in January that Scotland has an “open door” wind farm policy compared to England, where there have been no wind farms built since 2012. The French energy giant EDF has submitted an application for 12 turbines, eight metres short of the height of Read more…
Brian Wilson (Scotsman, 24 July) states that “three per cent of electricity is currently being generated by wind farms”. That raises the question of how does Holyrood plan to supply schools, hospitals, homes and supermarket freezers should there be a repeat of these high pressure conditions, especially over the winter, Read more…
By Scott Wright PERTH-based SSE is to investigate producing green hydrogen from renewable energy created at onshore wind farms in Scotland and Ireland. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Siemens Gamesea Renewable Energy to explore the delivery of green hydrogen at two as yet unspecified sites through Read more…
by Graham Lang, Chair of Scotland Against Spin AS Benjamin Disraeli said, ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’ RenewableUK, the voice of the wind and solar power industry, and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are keen to demonstrate that there is overwhelming public Read more…
Plans to create a windfarm in Lockerbie have been lodged with council chiefs. German renewables firm Energiekontor want to build the turbine site at Little Hartfell, Corrie Common. The application is noted as being: “likely to have significant effects on the environment”. The firm wants to erect nine of the Read more…