The Scottish Government is issuing guidance on dismantling wind farms. Research carried out for Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) looked at forming a restoration and decommissioning template for wind farm owners. The study proposes a planned phasing out of a site to leave as little trace as possible. The consultants say Read more
It was a picture that warmed the hearts of opponents of wind farms the world over. In December 2011, a wind turbine at the coastal town of Ardrossan in the UK spectacularly exploded during a storm. Pictures of the flaming debris shower flashed across global media, triggering claims that turbines Read more
SCOTTISH schools are hosting 68 wind turbines across more than two-thirds of councils, erected with £1.5 million of taxpayers’ money. Local authorities have only built turbines at schools during the last few years, but a fifth have already been decommissioned. The Scottish Government has backed the expansion of wind farms Read more
I NOTE with interest your article “UK would ‘have Scotland over a barrel on renewables’” (The Herald, July 8). Contrary to “Coalition sources” quoted in The Herald, Scotland’s electricity generation capacity is a huge asset both for Scotland and for our neighbours, and of course it is developers, financiers and Read more
A CONTROVERSIAL wind farm application near the Cheviot Hills which attracted around 1200 objections has been thrown out by planning officials at Scottish Borders Council. Swedish firm Vattenfall had wanted to erect five 110 metre-high turbines at the Whitton wind farm near Morebattle. But the plans met with fierce Read more
A WIND turbine as tall as the Forth Bridge could go up near Kincardine if plans are given the green light. Alex Brewster, of Kirkton Farm, Culross has applied to put up the 99.7-metre (327ft) turbine for 25 years at the farm, on a site near Devilla Forest. The plans Read more
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