Dozens of giant turbines on Scotland’s windfarms have been powered by diesel generators, the Sunday Mail can reveal. Scottish Power admitted 71 of its windmills were hooked up to the fossil fuel supply after a fault developed on the grid. The firm said it was forced to act in order Read more
SCOTLAND is expected to lose £60bn including billions from the public purse through the surrender of nearly two thirds of the potential supply chain bonanza and the ‘underselling’ of leasing rights for the offshore wind revolution, the Herald on Scotland can reveal. The 20 ScotWind projects, with a combined potential Read more
Developers behind plans for a windfarm in Bonhill that could power more than 50,000 homes are set to meet residents to discuss the proposals. Glasgow based Coriolis Energy held drop-in exhibitions last year to allow locals to study their proposals, which would see 10 turbines of up to 250m in Read more
Public concern over a proposed 75-turbine windfarm’s effect on Moffat’s Golden Eagle numbers and dark sky status have forced a 20 per cent scaling back of the project. Community Windpower Limited is changing its plans submitted to Dumfries and Galloway Council in November, 2020, for the Scoop Hill scheme. The Read more
An open letter has been sent to Aberdeenshire and Moray councils expressing concern about the development of more wind farms in the Upper Deveron Valley. The document, signed by community councils, charitable bodies and business owners – including Conservatives Moray MP Douglas Ross and Aberdeenshire West MSP Alexander Burnett – Read more
Energy clients are often concerned on the planning risk of wind farms and questions of “What’s the likelihood of success?” and “How long is it going to take to get consent?” will often be of concern. Obviously the answer is: “Well…it depends”. https://brodies.com/insights/planning-environment-and-climate/section-36-wind-farm-decisions-what-are-the-stats/?fbclid=IwAR3Uir1Oa4IkNXuirp8mgmzugJBG0C7SPboVuaBB-jCLmDFyblLE2ItTdY4
Wind farms backed by government subsidies could be paid more to switch off than to generate power, The Telegraph has learnt. A lack of grid storage and transmission infrastructure means that the UK is regularly producing more electricity from wind than it can use. At particularly windy times, the National Read more
IT is obviously a failure that Scotland’s Government has established no state enterprise to exploit or oversee the exploitation of our remarkable wind assets, unlike many of our neighbours (“Fury over China and UAE’s multi-million offshore wind profits”, January 22). However, there should also be questions asked about CBI Read more