Also in the Sun and Sunday Mail A probe is underway after part of a huge turbine blade sheared off at one of Scotland’s newest wind farms triggering safety fears. The incident happened at Sneddon Law Wind Farm in East Ayrshire – which operates 15 turbines and only opened Read more
Sigh of relief Monica Lennon’s proposed Ecocide Prevention Bill (your report, 11 December) has the backing of enough cross-party members to be brought forward and the Scottish Government has indicated that it will not intervene to stop it. This would clear the way for the bill to be formally introduced Read more
Ed Miliband today insisted communities must accept onshore wind farms under Labour‘s energy overhaul. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14189039/Ed-Miliband-communities-onshore-wind-farms-Labour-energy-bills.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawHI8OtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfn1lr31OLL-qnOfNOQRBMljJcJdE2gLNu8sTrvKfJJBoUW3Rq9VvjxYxA_aem_7_hnVMH_WqESGVEJ8by4-A
Residents of Leitholm – a village between Coldstream and Greenlaw – claim the heart is being ripped out of their community with the arrival of battery storage facilities. If all six proposed facilities are approved, more than 200 acres of farmland will be turned over to concreted compounds within a Read more
GB Energy is a “needless new quango” that crowds out private finance in clean energy, Tories have warned. They said the initiative, which will cost taxpayers £8.3billion, is another sign of Labour’s “heavy-handed” approach to governing Britain. Ashley Fox MP said: “GB Energy is just another sign of Labour’s heavy-handed Read more
THE PRINCIPAL contractor on the Viking Energy wind farm will be sentenced in Lerwick next week in relation to the death of a 23-year-old working on the project in 2022. Liam Macdonald, from Tain, died at the Viking construction site on 5 June 2022 while working for BAM Nuttall. Liam Read more
ED Miliband has claimed that his policies will cut fuel bills across the UK by £300. Even at this early stage, it’s clear that his energy plans will not cut bills, very much to the contrary. Many now believe the green dream of net zero has been built on gross Read more
Sarah Mcintosh, managing director of Muirhall Energy, writes (Perspective, 5 December), “Break the logjam blocking a £9bn renewables boom”. With the dangerous turmoil throughout the world today we trust that governments, politicians and the Ministry of Defence will always put our national and international security interests above the desperate pleadings Read more