A modest target Scotland’s capacity for renewable electricity generation grew by 10 per cent in 2023, driven by onshore and offshore wind (your report, 29 March). However, the amount generated fell by 7 per cent compared to the previous year due to less favourable weather conditions in the first Read more…
Excellent article in the Scottish Daily Mail today.
Controversial plans to build the UK’s tallest wind farm on Royal Deeside have received more than 1,100 objections from the public, it has been revealed. The proposals would see 16 massive turbines, measuring up to 656ft and twice the height of Big Ben, erected at Hill of Fare near Banchory Read more…
More news on the Petition this morning. You may remember that the Petitions Committee agreed at the last meeting on 21 February that they would write back to the Scottish Government seeking further information on a number of issues and also to “highlight the petitioner’s continuing concerns about the lack Read more…
A public inquiry has been triggered today after councillors lodged a formal objection to a proposed Borders windfarm which has divided communities. Members of Scottish Borders Council’s Planning and Building Standards Committee were recommended not to formally object to the proposed 14-turbine Greystone Knowe Wind Farm, earmarked for land around Read more…
Campaigners claim large companies benefit from net-zero cachet but that the public picks up cost of constraint payments Large companies have been accused of pushing up electricity bills for the public by backing wind farms. Amazon, Tesco and Kimberly-Clark, the American paper group, are among the multinationals that buy Read more…
By Jonathan Brocklebank WHEN they bought it seven years ago, they hoped it would be their forever home. Now they fear that they will have no choice in the matter – that they will be stuck there. For now, the dream cottage in rural Aberdeenshire which Sheena Hickey and Chris Read more…
ind farm owners are being investigated by the energy watchdog for alleged market manipulation after they were accused of overcharging consumers by £100m. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/03/24/wind-farms-investigated-after-overcharging-customers-100m/