Plans for a £130 million battery storage park in Bathgate have been lodged with West Lothian Council (Scotsman, 17 May). The applicant, On Path Energy, promises green electricity sourced from surplus solar and wind electricity. However their statement “local people remain at the centre of our proposals” is surprising. Never Read more
A PLANNING bid has been submitted to Scottish Borders Council to extend the lifespan of a “still commercially viable” windfarm near Innerleithen. The application, prepared and submitted by RWE Renewables UK Operations Ltd, is to allow for Bowbeat Wind Farm at Bowbeat Hill to remain operational for an additional five Read more
“And although the environment and economic factors are to be given equal weight, from whose perspective is that to be viewed? Is it the communities who are to be blighted or those areas and corporations that will massively benefit?” https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scotland-cannot-become-a-giant-renewable-electricity-transmission-station-kenny-macaskill-4629157?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1uPDYmLnWwWqTF_wvbNMiaSz9qjERqYQfdZQ2b9ggB2zLZo1o9YGw_YZg_aem_AXrLd4z12s71nvBwfhfA8MkDeQSm08eTI5bII2nj4RfbfFzkAR5RsIBR1NrzCP3Q563Hcn18UdrodnXCx-1oLBVN
SE has taken a final investment decision to proceed with Aberarder Wind Farm near Inverness, in a circa £100m investment boost for its onshore wind portfolio. . https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/sse-announces-construction-of-aberarder-wind-farm-350725/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR34HxxGGXua9nHPIGsotKh67fW8DZ6cl9xMUu3kT-izyjyTiAcMDMxHTCQ_aem_Aal0omEtRDqQzpxziufJJCtuYkOSyF5GPwyKeQHTWEF2j36K0glTw_3cFWJ8M7OYdy2iOm6EaK4FezbubQzpgWDg
TODAY, The Herald on Sunday can reveal the fossil fuels sector has lost 50,000 jobs in Scotland over a decade, with low-carbon jobs only rising by 2,500. SCOTLAND’S oil and gas industry is estimated to have lost tens of thousands more jobs than has been gained from renewables in the Read more
Milking our taxes IT is indeed galling to read that foreign governments are to make millions from a “world-first” Scots wind farm (“Japan and Italy to make millions from ‘world-first’ wind farm in Scotland”, May 5). The Scottish Government has positively encouraged foreign-owned multinationals to carpet our greatest tourist asset Read more
Exclusive: Campaign group Scotland Against Spin have shed doubt on why the Scottish Government overturn so many wind farm rejections as they net a pretty penny from taxes and domestic rates from developers. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/snp-ministers-conflict-interest-row-32782202?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0abF49_cpf68SCDz_jn4WCuEuo9Ok-fy2aXlBcxtDa4zVhAQMx3uyd72k_aem_ASuXWqcnsnvxMqlmo-8Fhd2Oi66FLSKOkRO4OW6eLGAxpcjjfMd4hsp9xOp7cDNU_5n9xg6Ba9IFhpNL-Fo9q_j6
A Scottish Government quango has commissioned the destruction of more than 17 million trees in the last 24 years in order to build wind farms on public land. The Scottish Government has been blasted after it was revealed that more than one million trees have been chopped down on publicly Read more