An application to erect a wind turbine at Woodheads Farm, Greenlaw has been unanimously approved. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local-news/all-local-news/greenlaw-wind-turbine-approved-1-3528663
The council is set to seek legal advice over the way it wants windfarm cash handled across the region. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/concerns-over-windfarm-cash-4152220
A massive windfarm development in the Outer Moray Firth has won Scottish Government approval. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/332892/moray-firm-recieve-approval-for-three-new-offshore-wind-farms/
Lord Nicol Stephen is resurrecting controversial plans to build a windfarm in Aberdeenshire – just months after he was ruled to have breached parliamentary conduct rules over his green energy interests. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/332211/north-east-peer-breached-conduct-rules/
St Andrews University is expected to announce today that it is seeking a development partner to progress its plans for a 12 megawatt windfarm at Kenly, three miles south-east of St Andrews. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/st-andrews-university-seeks-partner-for-kenly-windfarm-development-1.556069
Alistair Darling MP, Chair of the Better Together campaign and Fergus Ewing MSP, Speaker for Yes Scotland today (Wednesday 3 September) held their own Scottish energy debate as part of their campaigns in Scotland’s Independence referendum. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/darling-v-ewing-go-head-to-head-in-todays-big-scottish-energy-and-independence-debate/
New data shows** that last month (August) was an exceptional month for the wind industry in the UK – with new records set and generation levels exceeding both nuclear and coal, according to official National Grid statistics. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/uk-wind-power-beats-coal-and-nuclear-in-record-breaking-august/
Five years after its inauguration in 2009, the Global Warming Policy Foundation is pleased to announce that today sees the launch of its new campaigning arm, the Global Warming Policy Forum. http://www.thegwpf.org/global-warming-policy-foundation-launches-campaigning-arm/