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UK energy regulator Ofgem has given the green light for a new subsea electricity interconnector between Moray and Caithness which will bring 1.2 gigawatts of Scots renewable energy onshore to the UK grid. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/600-new-scottish-energy-jobs-to-be-created-after-ofgem-approves-1-2b-subsea-electricity-link-and-cuts-transmission-charges/

Anti-wind farm campaigners won the latest battle against a huge development near Dalmellington. And now they have urged Scottish Ministers to give the 50-turbine plan for South Kyle a final boot into touch. At a special Planning Meeting on Friday, councillors agreed to the recommendations from council officers to OBJECT Read more

  Campaigners fighting against plans to build an electricity substation in an Aberdeenshire village have claimed they been left in “limbo”. The majority of residents in Blackdog united to fight proposals for the substation, which is planned for a former landfill site, and be connected to an 11-turbine development at Read more

I hear Chris Bunyan wants to “sit around the table” with Sustainable Shetland. I don’t believe his dream will become reality. Sustainable Shetland is in all likelihood the largest ever constituted community group in the history of the Shetland Islands and represents over 800 individuals. Bunyan and his little band Read more

The organisation behind a community wind energy generation scheme for Bute has invited firms to submit bids for a feasibility study into the project. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/next-step-in-bute-community-wind-project-1-3474595

Energy bills are set to rise after the regulator Ofgem approved plans which will help Scottish wind farms at the expense of power stations in England. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2689898/Energy-bills-bribe-Scots-referendum.html

A project to reduce the cost and time it takes to establish offshore wind farms is to benefit from £2.2 million of Government funding. http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/scotland/2-2m-to-help-develop-wind-farms-1.469560

Plans for 50 towering turbines near Dalmellington have received a setback – much to the relief of residents. East Ayrshire Council has formally rejected the South Kyle Wind Farm plan from energy firm Vattenfall but the Scottish Government has the final say. Planners say the wind farm would hit tourism Read more