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Householders face a hefty bill if they are required to insulate their homes and switch from gas to an eco-friendly heating system  https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scotlands-drive-to-decarbonise-home-heating-will-achieve-little-while-china-keeps-burning-so-much-coal-john-mclellan-4425141?fbclid=IwAR2LglIfH9wtErOdS-VAPCBn5fxlofvsilieN3jCkJlvSpWxiY3QZu6b3e8

Herald letters End this obsession IT appears that the Greens, and therefore the SNP Government, have suddenly realised that achieving only their first target on the way to an unachievable net zero for Scotland is impractical. I have spent the last 35 years renovating an 1850s farmhouse and attached barns Read more

Glen Lednock Wind Farm- Perth and Kinross https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004966  Pre App Beinneun 2 Windfarm- Highland https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004972  Pre App High Brenfield Wind Farm – Argyll & Bute https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004961 Pre App Breackerie Wind Farm- Argyll & Bute https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004507  Application Hill of Fare – Aberdeenshire https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004592 Application Longcroft Wind Farm – Scottish Borders https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004774   Read more

Nearly half of adults cannot understand why the UK needs to import energy from abroad, research has found. The study, of 2,000 adults, found 44 percent think the country’s energy needs should be served entirely by solar and wind power, with 43 percent baffled that we don’t have more solar Read more

A WIND turbine developer is promising ‘community benefit’ payments of almost £400,000 a year – if its plans for a site in North Ayrshire get the green light. Galileo, the firm behind the proposed Crosbie wind farm, has earmarked an upland site between West Kilbride, Fairlie and Dalry for its Read more

A Section 36 planning application has been submitted by RES for a 16-turbine wind farm proposal at Hill of Fare in Scotland. RES said the 105.6MW project, located approximately 6km north of Banchory, could create a £150m boost for the local economy.  https://renews.biz/89658/res-submits-plans-for-1056mw-scottish-project/?fbclid=IwAR1z7mltzZjOBTzSmG4xzLZbbC9UDdotKO-2Blv_Obp0x6cd2c4kDUqi17w