We must stop wind idiocy JOHN Urquhart (Letters, October 4) seems to think it’s a good idea to place wind turbines in the Trossachs national park. There is a reason why wind turbines are not placed in urban residential environments. They are massive, noisy, industrial machines. Anybody who has stood Read more
Wind farm and hydro scheme deal will make Duke of Buccleuch even richer A BUYER has been found for a £250m hydro energy scheme at a former opencast coal mine in the south of Scotland involving one of Britain’s biggest private landowners. The eight-turbine wind farm and hydro park project Read more
Teslas and wind turbines alone will not save the world, Bill Gates has said. The entrepreneur told a virtual climate summit that while electric cars and renewables were vital ingredients, new innovations would be needed to replace many polluting activities. “The idea you can do this thing without innovation [is Read more