The Danish financial crimes office’s 18-month investigation into a former Vestas head of finance, Henrik Nørremark, has taken a dramatic turn and has been expanded to include a number of other former Vestas bosses. http://cphpost.dk/news/vestas-scandal-continues-to-widen.9472.html
North East Fife councillors will tomorrow be asked to support proposals for a massive windfarm 20 miles off the Fife Ness coast. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/plans-for-huge-windfarm-to-go-before-fife-council-1.354376
A split has emerged in the green movement over fracking, with two influential groups refusing to join a campaign to help landowners to block access to shale deposits under their property. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4082530.ece
Developers of a giant offshore wind farm off the Dorset coast are being accused of offering “bribes” to silence objections to the £3.5 billion project. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4082813.ece
Fury over plans to shift war memorial. http://www.protectwildscotland.org/wind/wind-news/fury-over-plans-to-shift-war-memorial/
Wind, solar, biomass and other renewable energy projects that are built or have planning consent will be enough to meet EU targets, report claims http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10797041/UK-has-already-approved-enough-green-energy-to-hit-targets.html
A thousand applications for renewable energy projects, including wind and solar farms, may be causing needless anxiety for homeowners because enough have already been granted planning permission to meet Britain’s 2020 green targets, a study has found. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4081666.ece
More than half of all voters (53%) living in the Highlands and Islands want greater protection for ‘wild land’ from the spread of wind turbines – which many local communities and conservationists consider controversial. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/most-highlands-voters-want-greater-protection-from-wind-farms-on-wild-land/