A controversial property tycoon and Tory donor is set to rake in millions from massive onshore wind farms planned in one of Scotland’s most fragile communities. London-based financier Dr Christopher Moran – who owns the 48,000-acre Cabrach Estate in Moray – has been described as a “wind farm vulture” and Read more
A community in the north-east of Scotland is up in arms over plans to erect scores of giant new wind turbines in one of the country’s most scenic places. The Cabrach is a remote and sparsely populated area in Moray, on the northern edge of the Cairngorms National Park, with Read more
A FORMER Scottish planning minister has slammed the building of battery energy storage parks on greenbelt land and called for a presumption towards them being built on brownfield sites. Former SNP MSP Alex Neil said greenbelt should be a “last resort”. The call echoes that of local campaigns, such as Read more
Nights of worry over pylons I WRITE in response to Rebecca Mcquillan’s column (“How pylons could become the next front in the culture war”, The Herald, February 8th) A new phenomenon is growing in rural Scotland. In the early hours of the morning lights appear in windows as residents Read more
A judge has dismissed a judicial review challenge against the award of planning permission to Vattenfall’s 77MW Clashindarroch 2 wind farm in Scotland. Conservation group Wildcat Haven had sought to reverse the permit decision amid concerns about the development’s impact on Scottish wildcat habitats in the Clashindarroch Forest. It argued Read more
Tough balance Paul de Leeuw makes makes an important point about the need to increase infrastructure investment in the energy sector (Perspective, 7 February). He is certainly correct to say that we require to strike the difficult balance between affordability, sustainability and doability and that the UK will require Read more
Renewable energy producer SSE PLC has said the bad weather that hampered its wind farms’ power generation last year could delay the completion of the major Dogger Bank A wind farm. In a Q3 trading statement today, the firm said that construction of part of the world’s largest offshore wind Read more
A £40 million bond has been agreed between the SIC and Viking Energy for the decommissioning of the 103-turbine windfarm. The bond – originally due to be in place before construction on the windfarm began – was signed last week between the two parties and Santander, according to redacted documents Read more