THE managing director of the operators of the Little Raith Wind Farm has underlined the commitment the company has to the local communities which surround the facility. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/lochgelly/articles/2014/11/03/514671-kennedy-counter-msp-claims-by-stressing-support-of-communities/
Wildlife groups want action after study implicates ‘duct’ propeller in corkscew deaths. Report by Rob Edwards New evidence that hundreds of seals have been slashed to death and beheaded by a type of propeller used in shipping and offshore industries has prompted a powerful plea for a worldwide ban. A Read more
Colin Donald Business Editor, Sunday Herald Scottish ministers should draw up a strategy to exploit a new €647 million European fund to promote energy connections, one of the new intake of European parliamentarians has said. Ian Duncan, the Conservative MEP for Scotland and a member of the Brussels parliament’s energy Read more
By Kieran Beattie Revised plans for a controversial windfarm scheme have been tabled with Moray Council. Edinburgh-based green energy firm Vento Ludens has reduced the number of turbines in the Brown Muir proposals from 19 to 12. The changes follow comments from concerned residents about the environmental impact of the Read more
Scaled back plans for the Allt Rubha windfarm have been submitted to Argyll and Bute Council by Eon. http://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/eon-submits-plans-for-scaled-back-windfarm/1067822#.VFOcmF5yapo
David Ross Highland Correspondent A leading conservation body has suffered a serious setback to its legal challenge of the Scottish Government’s decision to approve a large-scale wind farm without a public inquiry. The 67-turbine Stronelairg wind farm in the Monadhliath Mountains to the east of Loch Ness is being developed Read more
Keith Anderson says company’s East Anglia project is being scaled back and claims Government budget limits mean wind farms that do get built will be unnecessarily expensive By Emily Gosden, Energy Editor Several proposed offshore wind farms may be scrapped in coming months because the Government is not awarding enough Read more
More than £81 billion worth of renewable energy projects are proposed by 2025, representing nearly half of all infrastructure spending in the UK, new figures reveal. The Scottish share is £16.4bn or 20 per cent of the headline figure, but the industry in Scotland is warning sustained political support is Read more