“Silent protest against plans for wind farm”/Protect Wild Scotland
Concern that windfarm would have a catastrophic effect on tourism. http://www.protectwildscotland.org/wind/wind-news/silent-protest-against-plans-for-wind-farm/
Court action claims wind farms will interfere with air defence radar/STV News
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched a legal action to overturn a decision to grant a batch of planning applications for wind turbines on the Outer Herbrides following fears over effects on radar. http://news.stv.tv/scotland/268586-mod-launches-court-bid-to-kick-out-windfams-near-south-uist-range/
Planning for wind farms must be “urgently addressed” say MSPs/BBC News
A lack of clarity in planning for wind farms and onshore gas development must be “urgently addressed”, MSPs have said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-26579733
Offshore energy ‘may create £6.7bn’ – The Courier
By Press Association Offshore renewables could boost the economy by almost £6.7 billion and help support 150,000 jobs by 2020, a new report has found. This could be achieved if UK companies can “seize the opportunity” and put the industry on an accelerated growth path. This would see total capacity Read more
The ill wind of change – The Herald (letters)
ALAN Taylor comes to the glum conclusion as he travels round the country this referendum year that we, the Scots, are aesthetically challenged as manifested by the clothes we choose to wear, ugly post-war buildings built for functionality, and other fine buildings neglected or razed to the ground (“Wrecking balls Read more
Radar mitigation to overcome wind farm safety fears/E&T
Air traffic services company Nats has signed a pioneering deal with wind-turbine developers SSE and Vattenfall that could unlock development of up to 2.2GW of wind generation capacity in Britain. http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/mar/nats-radar.cfm
VG Energy assists the RSPB to reduce Climate Change EmissionsEast /Farming UK
Renewable technology specialists VG Energy, along with Kingspan Wind and legal firm Turcan Connell, has gifted the RSPB a small scale domestic wind turbine in an effort to help reduce the climate change emissions of the organisation. http://www.farminguk.com/news/VG-Energy-assists-the-RSPB-to-reduce-Climate-Change-Emissions_29555.html
‘Dismay’ at 27 turbine scheme/East/ Lothian Courier
A TOTAL of 62 wind turbines could tower above an East Lothian village if the latest plans get the go-ahead. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/aroundthecounty/articles/2014/03/12/490923-dismay-at-27-turbine-scheme/