By Mark Mackay Controversial windfarm proposals have been scaled back over fears they could cause chaos for aircraft using Dundee Airport. Operators Highlands and Islands Airports (HIA) raised concerns that the giant turbines proposed for a site in Perthshire could play havoc with radar systems. Executives are seeking a meeting Read more
Wind developers plan to erect a 33 metre turbine in Loans, generating fears the power giants are edging closer and closer to urban areas. Company Fine Energy has submitted a planning application to erect the turbine at Collennan Farm in Loans – just 1.25km from the village and Muirhouse Read more
Controversial windfarm proposals have been scaled back over fears they could cause chaos for aircraft using Dundee Airport. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/perthshire-windfarm-plans-scaled-back-over-dundee-airport-impact-fears-1.118208
A report by experts at The University of Nottingham has shown that the British public is beginning to warm to the idea of shale gas. This doesn’t mean shale gas is a wildly popular alternative to other forms of energy but opinion appears to be shifting. http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/123936-report-finds-uk%5Cs-attitude-to-shale-gas-appears-to-be-shifting.html
GCube, a provider of renewable energy insurance services, has published a report summarising the most common wind energy insurance claims made in the United States. http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/33868/report-lists-most-common-wind-energy-insurance-claims-in-the-us/
Two thirds of one of the UK’s biggest wind farms has been built abroad, it has been disclosed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10227981/Two-thirds-of-huge-UK-wind-farm-built-by-foreign-companies.html
Group of major wind energy firms, including Statkraft, Statoil and Vattenfall, start pilot projects designed to reduce bird collisions http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2287248/will-black-wind-turbine-blades-be-enough-to-warn-off-birds
Some countryside councils attempting to block wind farms deserve to be sued by developers, the Liberal Democrats have indicated http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10226692/Councils-wrongly-opposing-wind-farms-should-pay-damages-Lib-Dems-say.html