A WIND turbine being installed on an island is expected to be one of the most productive of its size in western Europe. The 900kW turbine on Gòb Sgùrabhal, the most westerly point of Barra, will be run by a community company and profits will be passed on for investment Read more
Statistics from Scottish Borders Council have revealed that they are now dealing with over one application every single week for a new windfarm. Over the last 18 months 77 bids have been made to place wind turbines in the Borders, averaging out at just over one every week. It comes Read more
Michael Owens Developers have tried to build scores of wind turbines on Angus countryside over the past year. Applications for nearly 90 turbines have been handed to Angus Council in the last 12 months for wind farms across the county. The news comes after the Scottish Conservatives slammed “ludicrous subsidies” Read more
Lawyers for Donald Trump could step in to oppose the Scottish Government in a landmark court case over a Shetland windfarm http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/10/trump-lawyers-look-court-precedent-windfarm-fight/
SCOTLAND’S mountaineers have called on SNP conference delegates to tell their leaders to stop riding roughshod over the law in pursuing their drive for wind power. http://www.mcofs.org.uk/news.asp?s=2&nid=Landscape%20Matters&id=MCS-N11284
A Scottish local authority and a community council have called for applications for two wind farms to be rejected on the grounds that they fall foul of a recent legal ruling. Scottish Borders Council claims that an application for the Rowantree wind farm near Oxton in the Scottish Borders is Read more
Britain’s biggest energy supplier blamed Government costs as it pushed the average annual dual fuel bills up by £120 a year to £1,471 – the highest typical tariff ever seen in the UK. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/10384949/Use-less-British-Gas-says-as-it-raises-annual-energy-bills-by-more-than-120.html
High risk of blackouts’ mean Britain could be plunged into the dark ages next winter as ageing electrical system struggles to cope with pressure warns experts http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2464131/Britain-facing-high-risk-blackouts-5-years.html