A public consultation has been launched for a new wind farm. Eurowind Energy Ltd (EWE) has started the consultation for the Carron Valley Wind Farm, which would be on land at Cairnoch Hill, north of the Carron Valley reservoir. The wind farm would have four turbines with a tip height Read more
Ed Miliband’s wind turbine blitz threatens to leave the North Sea strewn with rusting oil rigs because of a lack of equipment needed to dismantle the retired platforms. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/19/milibands-wind-turbine-blitz-will-leave-north-sea-littered0/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGpbzBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQklfgwTUjDhXS4G-YPfZGxPc-fwl9wx5ihiBtA9WQmwniE7NPe0BSO0vw_aem_0qOVD7VyjcdhHYQIcbOW6A
YOU are to be congratulated for running an excellent article by Paul Sheerin on the chaotic electricity generation and distribution “system” we now possess in the UK (“Expensive but essential: Grid investments key to powering the UK economy”, The Herald, November 18). Congratulations too to The Herald for being among Read more
LONDON — There’s a new, green rift running through Westminster. Every major party in the British parliament is committed to ambitious climate targets in the years ahead. But that means rapidly building new solar farms, wind turbines and pylons all over the country — and MPs are getting nervous about Read more
Kintyre, a region renowned for its stunning natural landscapes, is facing a significant threat from the expansion of wind farms, some towering as high as an eighth of a mile. This rapid development, perceived by many as environmental vandalism, is being driven by the Scottish government and executed by profit-driven Read more
Starmer wants Britain to be a ‘climate leader’, but the obstacles facing the Government’s ambitious plans seem increasingly insurmountable Can the UK be a leader if nobody follows? And what kind of example are we setting? “Britain is the only major economy to have halved emissions [from 1990 levels], but Read more
Crippling impact of wind turbines A BATTLE to preserve some Scotland’s most scenic areas is underway and we echo many of the sentiments shared by Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain, in his article “Highlands being sacrificed on the altar of net zero” (Agenda, The Herald, November 6). Located in Read more
A conservation group’s legal bid to stop a wind farm in Aberdeenshire from going ahead has been dismissed for a second time. In June last year, minsters approved Swedish energy giant Vattenfall’s Clashindarroch II project. Wildcat Haven challenged the Scottish government’s decision at a judicial review, but a judge threw Read more