Angus Robertson has been referred to the standards commissioner for “lying” to constituents about Scotland’s offshore wind capacity. The SNP was accused this week of a “sleight of hand” after it was revealed that ministers had written to a Holyrood committee and finally admitted overstating the country’s renewable energy resources. Read more
Blades mystery So, there is no evidence that anti-wind farm campaigners were responsible for the damage to the lifter vehicle which was involved in transportation of wind turbine blades to the Pines Burn wind farm (your report, 16 November). Why would anyone even suggest it in the first place? Read more
Boost for offshore wind as government raises maximum prices in renewable energy auction https://www.gov.uk/government/news/boost-for-offshore-wind-as-government-raises-maximum-prices-in-renewable-energy-auction?fbclid=IwAR2elo_wn9EAmLcO3IHQ-1wqIm66bTw1Bvggd0N91efIRzpWqMGXCheJoA8
Plans for a 25-turbine windfarm have been unveiled as part of a major ‘rewilding’ project at Glen Lednock near Comrie. Renewables developer Low Carbon wants to site the 700ft-tall structures next to Loch Lednock on the Invergeldie estate. It is working with Oxygen Conservation, which acquired the 12,000-acre estate earlier Read more
The Supreme Court’s ruling that the Scottish Parliament has no authority to hold a second independence referendum was not the only blow to nationalist dreams in recent years. More than 30 years after it was founded, the SNP gained political momentum in the late 1960s with the slogan “it’s Scotland’s Read more
World’s biggest wind power firm reported heavy losses after cancelling two US projects The world’s biggest offshore wind developer, Denmark’s Ørsted, has lost two of its most senior executives after it abandoned a pair of windfarm projects off the US coast at a cost of more than £3bn. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/14/wind-developer-orsted-bosses-exit-us?fbclid=IwAR295VIAwg2dwxTmg823nArZSZSoPWsPOGE2I7RyLtWh3vvCUReV9C0xHYA
A key name in the objections against Watten Wind Farm says she has had a fake document sent in under her name to remove her objection to the plan. Robianne (Bib) Harrold has property adjacent to the area where EDF Renewables intends to erect seven 220m high turbines – the Read more
Longcroft Wind Farm – Application Scottish Borders Council A proposed wind farm development comprising up to 19 wind turbines of approximately 6.6 megawatts (MW) each and associated ancillary infrastructure., with a maximum blade tip height of up to 220m, and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a capacity up Read more