Wind turbines (windmills) were adopted without pilot studies and against the advice of Sir David Mackay, Cambridge University’s engineering professor. They were marketed as Green. They have been foisted on us, defiling our land, damaging its timeless beauty and impairing tourism. Considering their foreign manufacture demanding steel, water, concrete Read more…
SCOTLAND has produced only around a tenth of the offshore wind jobs forecast by ministers as it aimed to make the country the green energy capital of Europe. The latest official estimates show that 3100 full time jobs in offshore wind in 2021. Ten years ago the Scottish Government were Read more…
If the optimism expressed by politicians about green issues could be turned into an energy source, Net Zero would already be achieved. Sadly, decarbonisation to a fixed timeline – be it electricity by 2035 or everything else by 2050 – is not only implausible but actively dangerous. The UK is Read more…
SIR – The chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, Sir John Armitt, informs us that the “wind isn’t going to stop blowing, the sun’s not gonna stop shining” (report, April 27). For seven consecutive days I drove past an array of wind turbines earlier in the year. They were static, Read more…
Windfarm bosses behind a plan to erect 16 turbines that will soar almost 150m into the Ayrshire skyline have spoken of their delight that the proposals can now go ahead. Their application for a wind farm and battery storage facility on land west of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire has been Read more…
Plans for a major new power line from Caithness to Peterhead will lead to some “unavoidable” visual and landscape impacts, according to power company SSEN. A £7 billion upgrade is planned to the transmission network to connect renewables projects and support the drive towards net zero. It includes a new Read more…
The UK has been warned that it is failing to adapt its infrastructure to protect against climate change Credit: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg The UK’s net zero drive will leave it more vulnerable to power cuts caused by storms, the Government has been warned by its infrastructure commission. People could be left Read more…
Our Petition to the Scottish Parliament was heard by the Committee for the fourth time in January 2023. Having considered all the evidence, Members of the Committee voted to support our Petition and wrote to the Scottish Government with their recommendations. A reply was received from the Scottish Government on Read more…