Donald Trump’s legal challenge to an offshore wind farm project will be heard by a court in November. The US businessman opposes the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre off the Aberdeenshire coast, claiming that it will spoil the view from his nearby luxury golf course. His legal action is Read more
The Scottish Government has to be congratulated on the stonker of the idea to build hundreds of gigantic fans strategically positioned on many of our unproductive hillsides which otherwise just sit there doing nothing. I understand the wind generated by these fans cools the country down, mitigating the effects of Read more
Funding for a range of training programmes to tackle unemployment in the Greenlaw area has been put in place – but will only be available if a proposed wind farm goes ahead. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/wind-of-opportunity-to-produce-skilled-workforce-1-3099027
More than 50 objections have been lodged against plans for a new wind farm in Galloway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24158999
A four-day hearing for Donald Trump’s legal challenge to a wind farm project in Aberdeen bay has been set for November, BBC Scotland has learned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24158577
Construction of Samsung’s offshore wind turbine at Methil has taken a major step forward with the arrival of the structure’s foundation jacket. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/world-s-largest-and-most-powerful-turbine-1-3099879
Stuart Young is absolutely right in his comments about the weakness of the planning system in dealing with wind turbine applications (“Approval for wind turbines sparks protest at ring of steel”, The Herald, September 18). We are in the midst of a feeding frenzy for international wind speculators and Read more
Written by HUGH ROSS Fears about a “supercluster” of turbines in Caithness – amid warnings of a renewables industrialisation – led to mixed results for expectant wind farm developers yesterday. A marathon planning debate in Inverness, which was ongoing as the Caithness Courier went to press, saw far north councillors Read more