A farming family’s bid to become self sufficient by erecting its own wind turbine has been thwarted a third time following a legal battle. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/berwick-wind-turbine-approval-quashed-8088753
Members of the local community are invited to view the final designs on the proposed Macritch Hill Wind Farm during a series of public exhibitions taking place between November 12 and 15. http://www.forfardispatch.co.uk/news/wind-farm-proposals-on-show-this-week-1-3601384
This wind turbine blade has been bent back like a spoon – despite being a colossal 44 metres long and weighing 275 tonnes. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/romney-marsh/news/wind-turbine-bent-like-a-26794/
Councillors yesterday approved plans to erect four new wind turbines in Moray. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/moray/399128/moray-councillors-approve-new-windmills/
Wind farm developers receive more than £115,000 in subsidy for every person they employ in the UK, new analysis shows. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/11224262/Wind-farm-owners-get-115000-subsidy-for-UK-every-job-they-create.html
I NOTE with interest your editorial concerning continued use of fossil fuels. However laudable your aspiration may be in principle, I’m afraid that we are a long way from replacing fossil fuels with renewables and this certainly will not happen “within a few years”. Wind power is the main so-called Read more
By Jane Candlish A conservation charity has appealed to Highland councillors to change their minds on plans for two controversial windfarms in Sutherland. The Scottish Government is asking the local authority to review its previous response on the Glencassley and Sallachy windfarms near Lairg in light of their pronouncements on Read more
The John Muir Trust is urging Highland Council’s North Planning Applications Committee to object today to proposals to build two new windfarms in Sutherland – one of which is on land owned by Mohammed Al-Fayed, an Egyptian businessman who formerly owned a grocery shop in London. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/highland-councillors-urged-to-object-to-skye-high-windfarm-plan-on-estate-owned-by-former-harrods-chief-al-fayed/