While the name of the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) suggests it is a charity dedicated to promoting low-carbon electricity, it appears to spend most of its time campaigning against onshore wind. When it was founded in 2004, with the TV personality Noel Edmonds as its chair, the organisation was clear Read more…
Chleansaid Wind Farm – application 16x200m turbines 13km to the NE of Lairg in the Highlands https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00002031
Grayside Wind Farm – application Scottish Borders Council; South Lanarkshire Council 1.7 kilometres (km) south of the village of Lamington, 5.7 km north east of Abington and immediately north of the existing Clyde Wind Farms 21x200m tubines https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00003446
Pro-green cabinet ministers are frustrated by Boris Johnson’s decision to back away from ambitious onshore windfarm plans for England, as it emerged more than 100 Tory MPs are lobbying against the policy behind the scenes. The prime minister, who is to announce his energy strategy later in the week, will Read more…