THE front-page article of The Herald on October 20 (“1,100 species and habitats damaged by climate change”) makes various claims that so-called climate change is reducing populations of birds and insects, and that we need to take action. But the elephant in the room here are wind turbines. We are Read more…
Hair-raising clip shows pro-cyclist Danny MacAskill try terrifying stunt on wind turbine blade https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/hair-raising-clip-shows-pro-25276783?fbclid=IwAR39AsdlPizC0ofBzgbJS7xE_kOX_ssGdBqDSn4YqAb4uh7M4qXhaxtpSfA
Opponents of Mochrum Fell are angry that the developers were able to appeal to the Scottish Government as the local authority hadn’t made a decision within the required timeframe https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/windfarm-campaigners-accuse-dumfries-galloway-25259329?fbclid=IwAR0wE4Yhe7DK3rFRPUj1r5HpYG_QD3vJ9ulyMtvmuWv4XYIalTeHTrlGZ90
“Kerry’s talk” (Editorial, 20 October) will count for little if the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – fail to attend the COP26 conference as it means that Western nations require to meet the challenge of reducing the current 20p/unit price of renewable energy to less Read more…
Your may remember we were trying to organise a debate in the Scottish Parliament on the Effect of wind farms on communities, along the same lines as the one we had in 2011. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/sp/?id=2011-12-01.42.0 We’re delighted that Finlay Carson MSP has now agreed to organise this for us. We’ll be Read more…
Scotland is missing out on offshore wind farm jobs while English yards are “booming”, says a former SNP government minister. New research from the House of Commons reveals developments in the north of England are seeing turbine construction and a jobs boom. Kenny MacAskill, former SNP justice secretary and Alba Read more…
ECU00003335 Highland Installation of a wind farm comprising of up to 12 x 149.9 turbines, associated infrastructure and a battery energy storage system The Development is to be located 8.5 kilometres (km) south of Halkirk in Caithness http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00003335
Drax has been booted from an investment index of clean energy companies as doubts over the sustainability of its wood-burning power plant begin to mount within the financial sector. The FTSE 100 energy giant, which has received billions in renewable energy subsidies for its biomass electricity, was axed from the Read more…