Repower, refurbish or retire them – that’s the dilemma facing a growing number of farmers and landowners with medium-sized wind turbines on their holdings. Most medium-scale wind projects in the UK – those in the 100 kilowatt (kW) to five megawatt (MW) bracket – are more than a decade old. Read more
Two Sutherland community councils are at odds over how much funding each should receive from a wind farm that has been approved but is yet to be built. Rogart Community Council chairman Frank Roach told the group’s meeting earlier this month that discussions had taken place with Lairg about how Read more
A plan to store energy in batteries on greenbelt land in Eaglesham which sparked over 300 objections has been approved. Cheshire-based firm GPC 1337 Ltd can build and run a 40MW battery energy storage facility on an agricultural site at the east side of Glasgow Road. https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/east-renfrewshire-battery-storage-plant-31437443?fbclid=IwY2xjawJuHL5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHh7zDGY_j18gTkb8N6hckrcJl-zy-zhdwPjIcTnptOiW-xRhJJ7gVuUU0Ggp_aem_GXZqT0thuqkZ0YSZbubXKw
Plans for a significant new wind farm project near Campbeltown, featuring 29 turbines, have been lodged with Argyll and Bute Council. A section 36 application has been submitted by the Scottish Government for the development of the Cnoc Buidhe wind energy hub, which is situated roughly 10km northwest of the Read more
One of Britain’s largest wind farms is facing an investigation into claims it overcharged customers to switch off its turbines Regulator Ofgem has launched an inquiry into the owner of Moray East, a wind farm with 100 turbines off Scotland’s east coast. Concerns have been raised over Ocean Winds potentially Read more
IT really is now time for the Prime Minister to put Ed Miliband out to grass. Mr Miliband seems perfectly comfortable with the UK having exceptionally high energy costs with his zealous drive to net zero. He tweeted how delighted he was that he had “sent a clear message to Read more
PLANS to replace 25 wind turbines in the Lammermuirs with 10 taller ones which could be more than twice the height of Big Ben have been shared with the public. The proposals to repower Crystal Rig I Wind Farm, south of Dunbar, were presented at exhibitions in Innerwick and Longformacus. Read more
An investigation using Gemini AI into the potential harms from the Zero Waste Scotland report produced for the purpose of understanding the types and quantities of materials needed for construction of, and generated by the decommissioning of, energy infrastructure during Scotland’s transition to Net Zero by 2045. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14D4OP0FR37T3rzWzUWGsx-ImlBSXOqm_/view?fbclid=IwY2xjawJqONtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHu4Ph34KvUsm5ApKNKe9reaxQNBOZ41C4enRnv2Fo9cxznmW6qBSOp13Qe4Z_aem_DkrNjaHRUL3MVJ1_qxh7VQ