Following the launch of Berwick’s community wind turbine, plans to install more renewable energy projects in the area have been revealed. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/all-news/more-community-wind-turbines-for-berwick-in-pipeline-1-3468624
Concerns have been raised that windfarms may be constructed in Fife “by the back door”. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/fears-windfarms-could-be-built-in-fife-by-back-door-1.459188
I wonder if the Scottish taxpayer and the wind-farm owners have realised the full significance of the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice confirming that there is no obligation for an EU country, even if it is importing the power, to subsidise renewable energy from another country? It Read more
By Mark Mackay Tourism and wildlife in one of Scotland’s most scenic visitor locations would be unaffected by the presence of a windfarm, green energy developers have claimed. Ecotricity has stirred up a hornet’s nest with its proposals for 17 turbines at a sensitive location in Highland Perthshire. The chosen Read more
The BBC’s behaviour grows ever more bizarre. Committed by charter to balanced reporting, it has now decided formally that it was wrong to allow balance in a debate between rival guesses about the future. In rebuking itself for having had the gall to interview Nigel Lawson on the Today programme Read more
THE British Medical Association (BMA) is facing a backlash from doctors and anti-wind farm campaigners in Scotland who claim the body is not doing enough to investigate the impact of giant turbines on public health. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/scotland/article1431133.ece
David Toke and others demand that Scotland should have more control of its energy policy to escape “English” policies (Control of energy policy is needed, Letters, June 29). But Holyrood’s existing control of infrastructure planning has enabled the construction or consent of renewable capacity equivalent to 99% of Scotland’s electricity Read more
By Blair Dingwall US tycoon Donald Trump yesterday claimed that wind farms were a “disaster” that were “killing” Scotland during a brief visit to his Aberdeenshire estate yesterday. The billionaire travelled north from his newly-purchased Turnberry Estate, in Ayrshire, yesterday morning for a one day visit to the Menie Estate. Read more