The transition to renewable energy is making headlines – at last. And the First Minister has promised it will be a ‘Just Transition, where no one is left behind.’ But what does that mean if one of Scotland’s poorest neighbourhoods must sacrifice its last open space for a green flagship Read more…
The Scottish Government is embroiled in a conflict of interest as it rules on a controversial wind farm plan opposed by Prestwick Airport, which it owns, critics warn. Opposition parties have demanded clarity around transport minister Michael Matheson’s involvement in the process after an energy firm accused Prestwick of unlawfully Read more…
A milestone has been reached at one of Scotland’s largest wind farm projects with the installation of the first turbine foundations. The progress puts Vattenfall’s 50-turbine South Kyle wind farm, located near Dalmellington, on track for completion in early 2023. Glasgow-based contractor RJ McLeod, which won a £67 million contract Read more…
An air of unreality surrounds Britain’s climate agenda. Wild targets are set; it is unclear how we will get there; the costs go undiscussed on the assumption that consumers are happy to bite the bullet. This was reflected in Boris Johnson’s joke that pit closures in the 1980s gave Britain Read more…
he Prime Minister and business minister Kwasi Kwarteng boarded the Esvagt Alba in Fraserburgh Harbour, Aberdeenshire, on Thursday morning before heading several miles out into the Moray Firth to the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm. As the Esvagt Alba travelled towards the windfarm, the Prime Minister was given a tour Read more…
Land At Margree, St John’S Town Of Dalry, Dumfries And Galloway, DG7 3XJ – Appeal The Erection, 35 Year Operation And Subsequent Decommissioning Of A Wind Farm Comprising Of Up To 9 Wind Turbines And Associated Development https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=121751
I AM dismayed to read that SSE’s investment strategy is to concentrate on wind (“Scottish energy giant in £1.2bn deal with Canadian investors”, The Herald, August 3). This is a policy already adopted by ScottishPower, who sold the Cruachan pump storage scheme, one of Scotland’s finest assets, and the Galloway Read more…
It is frequently claimed that the subsidy cost of offshore wind farms has fallen over the past few years. The UK government itself is on record as recently as November 2020 claiming that: Government support to unleash the potential of offshore wind generation has seen the cost of it fall Read more…