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Independence will give Scotland the opportunity to enhance economic links with its nearest neighbours in Ireland and the UK, Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing is due to tell an audience of business leaders in Belfast today (February 13). http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-energy-minister-highlights-benefits-of-grid-links-with-ireland-to-boost-wind-ustry-growth-in-both-countries/

A few years ago a friend who wishes to remain nameless suggested that it was about time I started writing a blog. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100259449/farewell-knights-of-delingpole-and-thank-you-trolls/

A joint submission from two community councils has criticised the appellant’s case for approval of plans for a wind farm above Stow. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/councils-slam-appeal-case-for-shaw-park-turbines-1-3303858

A new scheme to help innovative green technology companies get their products to market, will be launched to industry today. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/new-scheme-is-launched-in-scotland-with-the-scottish-environment-protection-agency-scottish-enterprise-highlands-and-islands-enterprise-hie-and-wrc-plc/

Paris – Concerns that giant wind farms aimed at easing climate change in fact aggravate the problem are misplaced, a scientific study said on Tuesday. http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Climate-risk-from-wind-farms-minimal-study-20140211

YOUR report about the plans to double the capacity of the Cruachan pumped storage hydroelectric scheme is a win-win story (“£1bn plan to double output of Scotland’s ‘Hollow Mountain’”, The Herald, February 11). Hydro is well established in Scotland and we are skilled at building facilities with negligible visual impact. Read more

By David Ewen A North-East road has been wrecked by lorries carrying wind turbines. The regional transport partnership Nestrans has been forced to budget £22,000 – and another £78,000 in reserve – to fix crumbling road edges. That comes on top of £190,000 shelled out for the same reason on Read more

A legal challenge to a planned offshore wind farm which could be seen from Donald Trump’s golf resort in Aberdeenshire has been rejected. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-26135345