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Plans for a wind farm development in Tweedsmuir have been submitted to the Scottish government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-30878219

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has announced a new organisational structure and management team – including a dedicated wind energy division focusing – in part – on UK expansion. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scots-wind-farms-with-senvion-turbines-form-part-of-2-5bn-vattenfall-expansion-in-uk/

The next few weeks will be crunch time for the future of fracking in Scotland – an issue whose profile was raised by the referendum http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/19/scottish-government-decision-on-fracking-imminent

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Plans to build a facility on Tyneside to make foundations for wind farms has been postponed due to “lack of confidence” in the industry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-30853143

Swedish energy company Vattenfall is going to extreme lengths for the sake of its Danish windfarms – buying up whole villages in rural Denmark, razing them to the ground and replacing the buildings with wind turbines, Børsen reports. http://cphpost.dk/news/company-s-extreme-wind-strategy-towns-today-turbines-tomorrow.12279.html

The UK’s renewable energy sector will not meet its 2020 targets it has been claimed. http://www.energylivenews.com/2015/01/16/renewable-energy-unlikely-to-meet-2020-target/

The MP for Christchurch says building more offshore wind farms is a “manic proposal” and should be halted because they are propped up with taxpayer subsidies while their profits are funnelled overseas. http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Offshore-wind-farms-manic-proposal/story-25880195-detail/story.html