IN an otherwise interesting article, Colette Douglas Home (“When onshore wind turbines blow an ill wind,The Herald, January 6) refers to figures issued by WWF claiming that renewables electricity supplied more than 100 per cent of our needs in six months of last year. The actual figures issued by Read more
Those with an interest in windfarms may be interested to hear about the collapse on Friday 2nd January in light winds of an 80 metre tall 2500kW wind turbine. This turbine was one of eight in the Screggagh wind farm on Murley Mountain in County Tyrone. The industrial sized turbine, Read more
COMMUNITY leaders in Peebles are refusing to support a fighting fund being set up to block a windfarm in the Borders. http://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/peebles/articles/2015/01/07/520251-windfarm-divides-opinion-in-peebles/
Wherever giant fans have gone up – or are threatened to go up – neighbouring homeowners are finding that the value of their properties is being slashed in half – if they can find a willing buyer at all. http://stopthesethings.com/2015/01/05/banks-refuse-to-lend-for-properties-neighbouring-wind-farms/
DOZENS of 200ft wind turbines identical to the stricken model which collapsed in Co Tyrone remain in operation across Ireland, despite being branded “ticking time bombs.” http://www.irishnews.com/news/turbines-branded-ticking-timebombs-1404412
Colette Douglas Home It is cheering to know that some good came from the weather that has lashed the country. On December 10 our onshore wind turbines generated enough electricity to supply 6,340,000 homes: three times the number of households in Scotland. And, according to the environmental charity WWF Scotland, Read more
COLETTE Douglas Home (“Halt onshore turbines that are blowing such an ill wind”, The Herald, January 6) is right to call for an objective strategy on curbing carbon emissions but wrong to ask for a blanket ban on building more onshore turbines. If potentially disastrous climate change is to be Read more
I DON’T understand why the household has become the unit of choice for measuring renewable electricity production when households account for less than half of electricity consumption in Scotland (“Winds of change for renewable energy use “, The Herald January 3). I assume it’s a PR device to make the Read more