May 2025

A company specialising in recycling and repairing wind turbines has relocated to Ayrshire after winning a “multi-million pound” contract with Scottish Power Renewables.  https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/ayrshire-facility-recycling-repairing-wind-35179353?fbclid=IwY2xjawKKpnlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsamDCPdHRSxrlsQie0ksUJ1s7DT5fAFT67NyyIEEOKMIMzkMoF0rH4IrIjW_aem_XU9ltmNSWY3NlnuM3vumVg

UPDATE ON THIS STORY. The appeal decision for the first application on this BESS has just been published and the Reporter REFUSED the appeal but due to the fact the Councillors APPROVED the second application before the Reporter’s decision was published it means that the development will go ahead. Interesting Read more

Want to succeed with your campaign? Our good friend Dr Alan Jones, PhD, CEng, FIET has written a paper to help you. Strategy Document

Scotsman letters Labour’s decline in popularity since the euphoria of last July is stunning. Most blame it on the Winter Fuel Payment withdrawal and other welfare tinkering. In my opinion there is only one central cause, and it is not these, but I fear Sir Keir Starmer is not up Read more

Ridge Clean Energy’s (RCE) 99MW onshore wind and BESS project Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park in Scotland has received full consent to proceed following successful approval processes at both local and national levels. In December 2024, the Argyll and Bute Council planning committee took the positive decision to raise no objection Read more

More than 235 pylons, wind farms and battery storage developments have been approved across Scotland in the past three years, with a north-east MSP raising fears of rural areas becoming “industrial jungles”. New figures show the Energy Consents Unit has given the green light to 236 separate applications for major Read more

Delays to projects like an offshore wind farm off the Fife coast are exposing a “cliff-edge” in the country’s energy industry as 150 SSE Renewables workers face losing their jobs. The Perth-based energy giant confirmed it has entered redundancy consultations with staff. And The Courier understands up to 150 jobs Read more

Herald letters Impoverishing cost of net zero I COULDN’T agree more with Councillor Alastair Redman when he describes net zero policies as “fantasy targets and international virtue signalling.” (letters, May 5). If we ever got to net zero by 2050 – and it’s a big if – the climate would Read more