Residents of a rural Angus community have had their prayers answered over a controversial wind power development. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/angus/parishioners-prayers-answered-over-turbine-plan-1.621438
Unsightly and inefficient wind farms only seem to benefit the companies building them http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/11154356/Supporters-of-wind-turbines-dont-have-to-live-with-them.html
RSPB Scotland has expressed major concerns about the granting of consent for four offshore windfarms in the Firth of Forth by Scottish Ministers today. http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11&cate=__15663
SNP ministers give the green light to the construction of hundreds of turbines off the east coast of Scotland but the RSPB warns they will be “be amongst the most deadly for birds anywhere in the world.” By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor Four huge offshore wind farms consisting of Read more
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has been informed that Scottish Ministers have taken a decision to refuse planning permission for two community wind turbines in North Uist, a wind turbine proposed for the Dark Island Hotel on Benbecula and two proposed for Bornish, South Uist. Comhairle Leader Angus Campbell said: “Given Read more
The Scottish Government has today given consent to four massive offshore wind farm projects in a fresh push to ensure it secures a share of £235m renewable energy finance from Whitehall. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2375054/breaking-scotland-green-lights-four-giant-offshore-wind-farms
A PUBLIC inquiry into the prospect of an underground cable being laid in East Lothian for an offshore wind farm is being held in Dunbar next week. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/dunbar/articles/2014/10/10/512255-public-inquiry-in-dunbar-over-cable-plan-for-offshore-wind-farm/
To many, they are the eyesore of the British countryside. But conventional wind farms could one day be replaced by innovative floating turbines, it has been suggested. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/11152962/Wind-farms-could-be-replaced-by-floating-turbines-in-the-sky-says-Google-boss.html