A beautiful poem. Thank you to George MacEachran for allowing us to post it on our website. Turbines loom, a stark display, Scotland’s beauty, they take away, Intruding on landscapes, we cherish so, To spare Europe’s need, they have to go. Once serene, the hillsides stood, Now disrupted, misunderstood, Turbines Read more
One of Britain’s largest onshore wind developers has said it is halting development of its biggest project to date due to rising costs and the government’s windfall tax on green power. Community Windpower won planning permission in August for a new wind farm in southern Scotland capable of producing enough Read more
The Scottish Government plans to use its powers to support onshore wind developments by speeding up the planning process. Residents in the areas affected may not be so happy. Last week the Scottish Government unveiled an Onshore Wind Sector deal, which it reckons will help to secure a big increase Read more
Net Zero cost The claim by Humza Yousaf that “the SNP refuses to back down over net zero” highlights the problem for the SNP in that it is now a party for the rich. The failure of the SNP/Green alliance to heed the warning from the Swedish Company Vattenfall Read more
LOCAL wind farm developers are to receive help from the government to produce affordable energy. EDF Renewables, who secured planning consent for 48-turbine 225MW Clash Gour wind farm near Forres last year, have successfully bid for the Allocation Round 5 for the UK Government’s Contract for Difference (CfD). An EDF Read more
Scottish renewable energy developer, Galileo, is to explore the potential of Crosbie Wind Farm, on an upland area between Fairlie, West Kilbride and Dalry. The company will soon begin early engagement with locally elected representatives, community councils and groups in advance of initial public consultation events in November. It is Read more
An offshore wind farm in Scotland has netted £647 million through a net zero loophole and by receiving payments when not producing electricity, a think tank has claimed. The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) alleged that consumers had effectively overpaid hundreds of millions of pounds for the Moray East wind farm Read more
Turbine blades shed microplastics into the environment. Here is the link to the article which was published recently in the Sunday Mail, Scotsman, Express and Times. https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/blades-from-scotlands-first-wind-farm-sent-into-storage-4287220 Both had worked for big energy companies, including ScottishPower, developing its wind farm operations. The Lindsays have also signed a deal with Read more