Permission for a substation to harness the power of 36 offshore wind turbines has been granted by East Lothian Council. Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm, located 27km off the coast of Angus in the North Sea, will be Scotland’s largest, and the world’s deepest fixed-foundation, offshore wind farm. Power from the Read more
Excellent and very long article in the Scotsman today about Skye and the Scotland Against Spin Petition. It is a premium article and due to copyright issues we cannot copy in full so we have given some snippets below. The full article can be accessed with a subscription or buying Read more
Red flags The media focus on cuts to police numbers in a budget crisis, the problems with the short-term let scheme and the lack of capacity on the Islay ferry route has obscured the lack of debate over the red flags on consumer power bills once the SNP implement Read more
Don’t panic on global warming THE fact that the recent increase in global warming is man-made is beyond dispute and I certainly do not query it. However the planet is still warming as we emerge from the last ice age. What I think must be in dispute is the Read more
Battery Energy Storage Systems or BESS are the hoped for answer to the problem of variable renewable energy (VRE) generators such as wind farms or solar parks. The idea is that when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining these industrial batteries will release their stored electricity Read more
A new project tracking seabirds with AI technology has started at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland. Working with Norwegian AI start-up Spoor the project will trial new technology to document how seabirds interact with offshore wind turbines. Spoor’s ground-breaking AI technology has been developed to Read more
Mapping machines Mark Boyle (Letters, 13 September) says George Herraghty’s letter about windfarms shows he “gloats” when wind power fails. Mr Herraghty simply pointed out that wind power is an unreliable energy source. One of the best things anyone could have on their smartphone is the Ordnance Survey Maps Read more
Property consultants Galbraith has put a 60MW wind farm development in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, up for sale. The offer is likely to be of interest to specialist institutional investors and developers, Galbraith said. In preparation for progressing with a formal planning application, the potential wind resource has been measured Read more