Councillors have agreed to oppose a wind farm in the Galloway Hills – triggering a public inquiry into the plans. Opponents of the 14-turbine Blair Hill project near Newton Stewart gathered outside Dumfries and Galloway Council offices to highlight their concerns. Planning committee councillors agreed to object to the plans Read more
The Government has slashed forecasts for the amount of electricity it expects wind farms to generate in a blow to Ed Miliband’s net zero plans. In documents published before an auction of green energy subsidies this week, officials said they were revising down the predicted efficiency of wind turbines by Read more
JUST one job has been created for every £1 million generated by Scotland’s wind industry, according to a new report. New analysis by the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) on Scotland’s low carbon and renewable energy economy has revealed the extent of the spending gap. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25575685.wind-farms-lagging-behind-oil-gas-firms-jobs-creation/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNtbxRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHspBEkWvzfuzsX1qHdJpp_8ws2f1BPBVtOdlrEI0f8D7_0BFx2DnTjFDElI__aem__M1icO-wUcNmZ3_whx2hvA
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LEASES sold off “on the cheap” due to an arbitrary price cap, a “lack of incentives to invest in Scotland”, weak penalties, the taxpayer “short-changed”, threequarters of the companies involved headquartered outside the UK. Laurie Macfarlane is author of a report that has catalogued the ways in which the Scotwind Read more
Scotsman letters Weathering Change Had Stuart Campbell watched a recent interview with energy secretary Ed Miliband on the BBC he would have noted the pie-chart on the breakdown of the five components of the cost of a unit of electricity. The chart indicates that the strike price (generation price) is Read more
Following on from our post earlier this week about the turbines turning when there is no wind, we have discovered that yes, turning the blades and gear box, weighing several tons does consume a vast amount of electricity, (as you might expect), but that this is not declared and the Read more
Berwick Bank threatens to be the deadliest windfarm for birds anywhere in the world. That’s why we’ve joined forces with RSPB Scotland, the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the National Trust for Scotland and the Marine Conservation Society to tell SSE and the First Minister to Cancel Berwick Bank. Please add your Read more