Scottish Government Reporter will visit large areas of East Lothian countryside which have been earmarked for compulsory sale to a windfarm operator as part of an investigation into the bid. The proposals by SSE Renewables could see one of the world’s biggest windfarms bring energy onto land near Skateraw, on Read more…
A wind turbine collapsed in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, on August 7, with residents reporting that the structure had been emitting loud noise for a week prior to its fall. Video filmed by Thomas Schröder shows a rapidly spinning wind turbine slant downwards before snapping and falling to the ground. The blades Read more…
A letter in the Scotsman today in response to Aileen’s yesterday on sham polls. Poll position Poll trickery indeed (Letters, 8 August). Well said to Aileen Jackson, particularly her last point. Apart from the footling numbers of people actually asked in such surveys, which are then headlined and reported Read more…