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
In relatively windy Germany many people think wind turbines are a reliable investment. After all, especially near the North and Baltic seas, the wind blows almost all the time, and surely wind energy is competitive, even when generated onshore. But that’s proving to be a total myth, so reports Germany’s Read more
The chance to veto the building of massive solar farms that blight the countryside is to be given to residents living nearby. After promising to empower local communities to oppose onshore wind farms, a minister announced last night that sprawling fields of solar panels will also be curbed because they Read more