Populations of a diving seabird plummeted by more than 90 per cent after offshore wind farms were built, a study has found. Data from German scientists looked at the number of red-throated loons in the North Sea before and after the installation of five offshore wind farms. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/…/population-diving…/
A renewable energy developer is inviting people to find out more about its proposal for a four-turbine wind farm in Stirling. Drummarnock Wind Farm will sit in front of the existing Craigengelt turbines and could generate up to 30 MW of electricity each year – enough to meet the needs Read more
The Scottish Seabird Centre has formally registered an objection with Marine Scotland to SSE Renewables’ proposal to build one of the largest offshore wind developments in the world in the outer Firth of Forth. Berwick Bank, which would be located about 38 kilometres off the East Lothian coast, could generate Read more
Large scale developments, such as the proposed Windfarms in Orkney, both onshore and offshore, require to produce environmental impact reports. That is an essential component of the planning process. But new work done by researchers at the University of East Anglia has pointed out the limitations in these assessments.
Scars on landscape Dick Webster (Letters, 6 April) is correct that greening our economy will ruin our landscape, and make the rich even richer. Cheap overhead power cabling is inevitable because the national grid was not designed to accept small power generation from distant locations, and the proposed overhead line Read more
MY jaw dropped as I read Rebecca McQuillan’s article (“There’s no time for another fight over power lines”, The Herald, April 6). How can anyone who professes to be “particularly interested in the environment” not be opposed to SSEN’s plans for the Highlands? Why accept at face value what you Read more
Stephen Mcilkenny’s article (“Pylon row shows moving green energy comes at a cost”, Scotsman, 4 April) implies that the anger expressed at SSEN’s proposed transmission line development from Spittal in Caithness to Beauly derives from a failure on the part of objectors to recognise the necessities of greening our Read more
The chief executive of JP Morgan has suggested that governments should seize private land to build wind and solar farms in order to meet net zero targets…. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/04/04/seize-property-build-wind-solar-farms-jp-morgan/?fbclid=IwAR2VZha_UDGAjyjvOq3n4AJO2ZWnDXFBtC19Mmcw_LpGibzLhvoiffcLNIM