RAF chiefs have launched a legal battle to block a wind farm they fear could put pilots’ lives at risk at a Scottish airbase. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/416727/RAF-in-battle-to-block-dangerous-wind-farm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-scotland+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Scotland+Feed%29
An Arbroath malting plant welcomed residents to an open doors information event relating to an onsite wind turbine proposal. Around 70 people visited Bairds Malt on the Elliot Industrial Estate at the beginning of July to get more information about their plans to erect a medium sized single turbine as Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent FORMER First Minister Lord McConnell is to chair a new multimillion-pound fund for communities living near wind farms which campaigners claim could threaten the integrity of the planning process. Ramblers Scotland has claimed that many will see it as a form of bribery. However, the Labour Read more
Thousands raised after big run and sail around Britain A MAN has completed a mission to sail and run on his own around Britain using only renewable energy and has raised thousands in aid of five charities. Alan Rankin sailed into Ullapool to be greeted by supporters after navigating 2500 Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent THERE is to be a new subsea power connection from Ayrshire to the Kintyre Peninsula, where along with Arran thousands of homes were without power for four days due to snowstorms in March. Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission says it will spend over £200 million to Read more
The ninth Duke, Johnnie Buccleuch, who died in 2007 aged 83, said wind farms were inefficient as well as being a blot on the landscape. But last week his son Richard, 59, the 10th Duke and now the largest landowner in the UK after inheriting most of his father’s property, Read more
The prospect of yet another giant windfarm development in the Ochils has stunned besieged residents. Developers seeking to profit from the renewable energy boom have repeatedly targeted the area for development. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/under-siege-ochils-residents-learn-of-new-windfarm-plan-1.114025
A firm anti-windfarm campaigner has questioned the feasibility of relying on wind energy to meet Scotland’s electricity needs after government statistics suggest that windfarms may not be the answer. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/msp-claims-figures-show-fundamental-flaws-of-green-energy-policies-1.114023