Specialist police officers are being drafted in from the mainland to escort convoys of Viking Energy windfarm components to the construction site. SSE Renewables and Vestas said the first convoys would start on Monday, 6th February, and run until the end of July. They will operate three a day, six Read more
Not quite… Fraser Grant has excelled himself with his latest sermon for an Independent Scotland away from the shackles of Westminster (Letters, 21 January). He says: “Scotland produces the vast bulk of the UK’s oil and gas” but the Scottish Government has just announced a presumption against new oil and Read more
Some households with smart meters could be eligible for discounts if they cut their use of electricity between 5 and 6pm today. The National Grid ESO (electricity system operator) is, for the first time, activating the “demand flexibility service (DFS)” – which allows it to access additional flexibility when national Read more
PLANS for three wind turbines to be erected at a site on the Ardeer peninsula have been withdrawn as the developers seek to “reconsult with the local community” and refine the proposals. Renewables firm The Farm Energy Company submitted a planning application to North Ayrshire Council in September 2022 for Read more
FOREIGN governments including China and overseas firms with interests in Scotland’s offshore wind farm revolution are already enjoying more than £200m in annual profits, the Herald on Sunday can reveal. Ministers have come under fire for failing to properly cash in on the seven farms that are operating and three Read more
The complexity of cases and small staff numbers have been blamed for a council’s failure to decide on a string of wind farm applications in its area. It has resulted in a number of Dumfries and Galloway projects being taken to the Scottish government on appeal. The council has four Read more
HORROR OF THE GIANT TURBINES YOUR headline states there will be “Alarm over new generation of ‘super’ wind turbines planned for Scotland” (January 15). You bet there will be. Consider the true horror of these 850ft monsters, almost as high as the Eiffel Tower, twice the size of the Read more
Power vacuum The Scotsman appears to agree with the UK Government that the way to reduce our reliance on the international gas market is to invest more in renewables and nuclear power (your editorial, 20 January). Investing in reliable nuclear power does not make renewables any more reliable; the Read more