A deal agreed between the Scottish and UK governments will see funding made available for green energy projects across the country, it has been announced. Ahead of a visit by energy secretary Ed Miliband to Aberdeen, the UK Government said a new agreement between the two governments would allow Great Read more
Nothing new It must be terrifying living in the world inhabited by Joyce McMillan (Perspective, 11 October). She clearly believes the alarmist spin about “climate change” and seems to think that those who have not been taken in by this strand of thinking deny the reality of that fact. Read more
A wind farm in the Borders which was hit by a string of delays to the delivery of its giant turbines is now up and running. The 65m (210ft) turbines became a familiar sight on the roads in the area on their way to the Pines Burn site near Hawick. Read more
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Plans for a super-efficient wind farm in Scotland that could power more than 45,000 homes have taken a big step forward. Site investigations for the proposed Mill Rig Wind Farm on the border of East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire have now been completed. Located near Darvel, the £155million site will Read more
A backstop system designed to prevent blackouts was mobilised for the first time in two years as Britain’s power grid battles low winds and nuclear outages. The surprise notice for the capacity market, which issues a warning to Britain’s electricity generators, was issued by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) Read more
More than £100 million has been added to UK customer’s energy bills since Labour came to power to stop wind farms producing power according to new analysis. Between Keir Starmer taking office on July 5 and October 8 (the most recent date for which there was data before this story Read more
Perth residents have blasted an ‘eyesore’ wind turbine as construction on the project begins. The tower of the turbine, which is being built at Aviva’s Pitheavlis site, popped up in the past few days. Residents in the Oakbank area have been left shocked by the size and scale of the Read more