Our entire nation’s future electricity supply depends on the Goldilocks theory – not too windy, not too still, just right On Friday morning, I think for the first time I understood what is meant by the “calm before the storm”. The dog and I were walking along an unmade road Read more
Ambitious proposals to generate clean, green council-owned renewable energy at a key strategic North Ayrshire site have been revealed. The plans – expected to be approved by cabinet today – are for three wind turbines and a solar farm to be developed at the i3 strategic investment campus in Irvine. Read more
Holyrood ministers are being urged to set a target of more than double the amount of capacity at onshore wind farms by the end of this decade. Industry body RenewableUK made the plea as it published the findings of new polling showing Scots “overwhelmingly support” political parties which give their Read more
Wind farms have been paid to refrain from producing up to half of the electricity they are capable of generating, according to research that led MPs to warn that “inappropriate” decisions on wind power were “forcing excess costs onto consumers”. An analysis found that, in 2020, three large wind farms Read more
YOUR front page story today about nuclear power, and the impending complete lack of it in Scotland (“SNP failed to study impact of nuclear plant closures on bills”, The Herald, February 17), is long overdue. Failure to build nuclear power stations has been the greatest strategic failure in terms Read more
The blades of a wind turbine have been pulled off after Storm Dudley’s strong winds hit Cumbria. Nearby residents at Hesket Newmarket say it came down in an enormous gust at around 2am. The conditions left more than 100 homes in South Cumbria without power – Electricity North West say Read more
TRADE union bosses have called for the Scottish Government to draw up a new strategy for green jobs after statistics shows the number of Scots employed in low carbon industries has fallen. The Scottish Government has pledged to produce 130,000 green jobs by 2020 and has been criticised by opponents Read more
A major Ayrshire roundabout is to face weeks of roadworks as part of a multi-million wind farm project. Ayr’s Whitletts roundabout is set to be modified next month to allow huge turbines to pass through on route to a new renewable energy site near Dalmellington. Wind farm firm Vattenfall have Read more