Renewable energy companies have urged the industry watchdog Ofgem to cut the charges they have to pay for transporting the electricity they generate over long distances, from remote windfarms to consumers. They say the charge they say put them at a disadvantage compared with fossil fuel generators. Transmission charges make Read more
PLANS have been unveiled for a new multi-million pound wind farm in the hills above Dingwall. German-owned ABO Wind UK hopes to erect up to six turbines at Woodlands Farm, about a mile out of Dingwall off the unclassified Foulis road. ABO, which opened an Inverness office earlier this year, Read more
STRICTER rules will be introduced to counter the threat of “phantom” objections to new developments in the Highlands after fears about the legitimacy of opposition to a wind turbine near Prince Charles’ summer residency. The region’s local authority – which receives thousands of planning objections every year to controversial projects Read more
A COMPANY with plans for signifgicant investment in the Highlands has flagged proposals for a six-turbine wind farm near Dingwall. ABO Wind UK, whose parent company is based in Germany, has lodged plans for a test mast at Woodlands Farm. Representatives of a number of Ross-shire community councils were this Read more
“Low frequency sound from wind farms Responsible department: Department for Energy and Climate Change Health impacts caused by low-frequency noise (infrasound) from wind turbines have been known to US and Australian researchers and the renewable energy industry for more than 25 years, yet many people who claim to suffer from Read more
Britain’s energy secretary on Wednesday advocated a public awareness campaign to promote shale gas and dispel the “myths” surrounding fracking, the controversial method for unlocking the natural gas. The U.K. is hoping to replicate the success in the U.S., the only country so far to produce shale gas in large Read more
A poll we ran found almost three-quarters of you were in favour of mining the massive reserves — using technology known as fracking — which lie under many parts of the country. Sun readers signalled, “We’re backing fracking” by 71 per cent to 29 per cent after experts estimated there Read more
Plans to expand wind energy into the most scenic parts of Germany are fuelling increasing opposition across the country. Anti-wind campaigners are angry that areas including the forests made famous by the tales of the brothers Grimm are among the targets for new turbines. For the first time they have Read more