December 2022

Residents campaigning against a major wind farm application in Sutherland have criticised the local council for a “half-hearted” response to the appeals process. Highland Council’s north area planning committee members initially rejected the controversial Meall Buidhe windfarm against planning officers’ recommendations – but developers immediately appealed to the Scottish Government Read more

UK MUST SEIZE THE DAY ON COAL HOSTILE views on the reopening of the Cumbrian coal mine (“Protest held at Whitehaven coal mine site”, December 11) are unrealistic in these days of acute and chronic energy crises, shared with the rest of the western world. Likewise, “going green” for energy Read more

MORE than 100 jobs have been lost after an Irvine-based wind turbine installation company entered administration just weeks before Christmas. Windhoist Ltd, which operates out of Meadowhead Industrial Estate, was formed in 2005 and provides heavy lift, mechanical and electrical installation services to the onshore and offshore wind industry. According Read more

I almost feel sorry for Lang Banks (Scotsman, 12 December). He couldn’t have picked a worse time to tell us to ditch fossil fuels and rely on renewables. For the past two weeks and for the foreseeable, future wind farms have been generating an average five per cent of demand Read more

Dear Sir,   How utterly bizarre that SNP Councillors Karl Rosie and Raymond Bremner think we need more useless wind turbines “crucial to keep the lights on” (Press and Journal, front page 8th December). She who “must be obeyed” at Holyrood springs to mind.   Particularly so as this very Read more

  The truth is that we need to rely on power stations that do work when the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine For more than a decade I have been asking energy ministers: how do we keep the lights on when the wind does not Read more

Despite Nationalist claims about renewables supplying ‘100 per cent’ of Scotland’s electricity needs, the freezing weather has seen wind farm energy production tumble way below gas, nuclear and hydroelectric https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/snps-energy-policy-under-fire-28712011?fbclid=IwAR0XXVMU4gBHgMoQdv7XLAJpMzARvQ0NtslDMwgDBlURtxiFePWyqY3CYCI

  STARK NEWS ON NET ZERO AIM OMINOUSLY, the CEO of Volkswagen has stated that making batteries for electric vehicles in Europe is now “unfeasible” due to soaring energy costs. This means that production will go to places like China and Indonesia, where the majority of energy comes from burning Read more