Fears for birds as more wind farms at sea get go-ahead – Sunday Post They are being hailed as the future of green energy, offering clean electricity for millions of Scots. Seventeen new offshore wind farms are set to be built after an auction of seabed plots off the Scottish Read more…
A wind farm could be built on land near Fort Augustus if the plans get approval when they are submitted to Highland Council. The proposed site is 6km south east of Newtown Invergarry, on the Culachy Estate. Fred Olsen Renewables is hoping to build the Culachy Wind Farm of up Read more…
We’ve just been informed that the SAS petition will be heard by the Petitions Committee again on 29 June. The Clerks tell us that the Scottish Government will liaise with the UK Government directly over the issue of whether or not they would be willing to amend the Electricity Act Read more…
Concerns have been raised over whether burning wood for electricity is a genuine renewable energy source The Government’s plan to reach net zero relies on burning the equivalent of the New Forest every five months, The Telegraph can reveal. Ministers plan to use technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere Read more…
The construction of onshore Scottish windfarms has created 4.9 million tons of emissions – which are then gradually offset during the lifetime of the turbines. But the payback time can be as long as 10.8 years. The developments which create by far the most emissions are those built on peatland. Read more…
The SAS petition was heard for the third time by the Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee this morning. As it was also being debated at the same time as another wind farm petition to make shared ownership mandatory, our fear was that this would muddy the waters and unfortunately that is Read more…
Wake up The UK is in the hands of those who have created huge contradictions of purpose in our national efforts. We are catering for those who have schemes so impractical as to be unbelievable – to anyone except government, that is. The Net Zero and renewables drive is Read more…
More people are employed servicing rollercoasters and ghost trains in the UK than working on wind turbines, a leading trade union has claimed. The GMB said the fact that more British workers are employed at theme parks like Alton Towers and Legoland than in the wind industry shows how badly Read more…