Labour has been warned that plans to build a swathe of giant so-called “water batteries” threatens to destroy iconic Scottish lochs, including the “most famous lake in the world”. Ministers have given the green light to plans that will make it less risky to develop and invest in pumped storage Read more
As William Loneskie says, the current government’s policy on climate, echoed by the Scotsman’s editorial, shows that the new religion of “climate change” is well-embedded in a left of centre strand of thinking (Letters, 9 October). Clearly, even to the most committed, the gargantuan effort needed to achieve “net zero” Read more
1 Introduction Large numbers of battery energy storage sys- tems (BESSs) are being installed around the world, and particularly in the UK, often along- side solar farms or at the landfalls of offshore windfarm export cables, but sometimes as stan- dalone facilities. These are rapidly increasing in scale https://static1.squarespace.com/static/656f411497ae14084ad8d03a/t/66fd2383b56dbc6906390297/1727865736681/Fannon-Batteries.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawI7g9BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRlF1SGMCyJq5oZyew-losxKCr2Qp2TXi0oJT_2wMMt16WkL092xCMC-MA_aem_KP7JMG-oecKgo8mtpYWp9g
Scotsman letters The Scotsman editorial (5 October) laments the melting of a patch of snow on a Scottish mountain and says this “sentinel” means “we must move towards net zero”. Why? The writer says that to get to this promised land we must capture some of the 0.04 per cent Read more
Galloway residents could “sleepwalk” into accepting a new national park because of a “vacuum of information” from the Scottish Government, say campaigners. The plans have fiercely divided people in south-west Scotland, with many locals delighted by the idea and others – notably those from the farming community – bitterly opposed. Read more
SCOTTISH first minister John Swinney says he has heard “loud and clear” on his trip to Shetland about the level of community benefit coming from the Viking Energy wind farm contrasted with the high fuel poverty in the isles. The SNP leader said it is an issue he will take Read more
Few in the renewables industry reckon that the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, can meet his goal by the required date, given the lack of likely progress on infrastructure. Cornwall Insights, a consultancy and research company providing support to the energy sector internationally, has concluded that the best Miliband can hope Read more
Aberdeenshire Council has objected to RES’s 105.6MW Hill of Fare onshore wind farm, putting the project’s future in jeopardy. The Aberdeenshire Council planning service raised six issues with the 16-turbine proposal, which would use turbines with a mix of 180m and 200m tip heights. The first two were that the Read more