Plans have been lodged for a new wind farm near Sanquhar. Koehler Renewable Energy (KRE) has submitted its proposals to Dumfries and Galloway Council for a six-turbine wind farm on the Barr Moor. The Rowancraig development is located on the eastern slope of Black Hill, approximately 4km west of Sanquhar. Read more…
Heated debate The SNP Energy Plan indicates a capacity of 85GW of generation plant on the Scottish grid by 2035. However, Jim Stamper (Letters, 15 January) did not note that, in summer, demand will drop to less than 10GW, so around 75GW of capacity will sit idle, accruing Constraint Read more…
WINDFARM developers are being urged to drop any more plans for a site near Langholm. Community Windpower’s bid for 45 turbines at Faw Side, six kilometres from the town, has been rejected by the Scottish Government. And South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth is urging the firm not to appeal against Read more…
Government sets out suite of proposed reforms to enable onshore wind ‘repowering’ projects to bid in clean power contract auctions from 2025 More of Britain’s ageing onshore wind farms could be eligible for clean power contracts from 2025, as part of a package of reforms that should enable upgrades to Read more…
In the race to reduce emissions, plans to build wind farms are skyrocketing. But while the electricity is clean, this green industry has a waste problem. Now there’s a race to solve it – as Adrienne Murray has been finding out. https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0h44h48/the-race-to-fix-clean-energy-s-waste-problem?fbclid=IwAR0hY5BHs_WqhABE4XPuApTeDKot6gtbNdyBwW_mUWl7lBv9T8U4tZkLmTs
Dear Richard Proposed windfarm development at Invergeldie, Glen Lednock, by Comrie, Perthshire. I am a Chartered Forester and Chartered Environmentalist. I have spent all 39 years of my working life as a land manager, farmer and forester in Scotland. The purpose of this letter is to encourage you to drop Read more…
Energy policy makes no sense MID-MORNING today (11.20, January 8) Scotland is having to import 679MW from rUK to keep our lights on and infrastructure such as hospitals, car charging, fuel stations, banking and much of our rail network running. This is more than half the output of Torness nuclear Read more…
Extraordinary The claim by Humza Yousaf that Scotland has “extraordinary resources” such as higher education and renewable energy does not stand up to economic analysis. The December budget has cut the cash to tertiary education for the second time, resulting in only just over 50 per cent of students Read more…