The Welsh government has been accused of spoiling the Welsh countryside with wind farms to spite the English. Cardiff is pressing ahead with onshore wind farm developments when it could explore more offshore projects because it does not want to send fees to the Crown Estate or share control of Read more…
Dream industry Grant Frazer (Letters, 11 May), painting a bright future for an independent Scotland, stresses the profitable production of “renewables” hardware and the development of “clean” hydrogen as an energy source. Travelling to St Andrews in the 1950s, I found Kircaldy justifying the ditty “You can tell very Read more…
Offshore wind farms also a threat SFF has warned the “deeply unpopular” HPMAS are not the only threat to fishing. Ms Macdonald’s speech today will also highlight plans for huge offshore wind farms. These and HPMAs are causing a “spatial squeeze” that means the industry “feels under threat like never Read more…
A Scottish waste plant is gearing up to help solve problems of recycling giant turbine blades as wind power rises and old wind farms reach the end of their service. A waste plant in Ayrshire is set to take in broken and obsolete wind turbine blades for recycling, providing materials Read more…
Local community councils found that 71% of people attending the Hill of Fare wind farm consultation last year were against the project. The developer behind the giant wind farm that is set to come to Banchory recently changed its plans following the public consultations in late 2023. Surveys conducted by Read more…
Many governments in the Western world have committed to “net zero” emissions of carbon in the near future. The US and UK both say they will deliver by 2050. It’s widely believed that wind and solar power can achieve this. This belief has led the US and British governments, among Read more…
Wind farms obsession killing world’s wildlife The events of the Coronation weekend fair cheered me up and brought some welcome relief from the pressures of everyday life. From Major Apollo the delinquent drum horse who obviously had his own agenda, to the antics of larger than life Prince Louis, it Read more…
Residents of a Bonhill estate have hit out after claiming they have been plagued by works carried out by a developer acting without permission. Homeowners in quiet Broomhill Crescent, on the fringes of Beechwood, say preparation of the ground for the erection of a single wind turbine is underway – Read more…