Exclusive: Michael Matheson told MSPs there are 19,000 windmills on the country’s hillsides whereas in fact there are around 4,000. He only admitted his glaring mistake after it was spotted by the Scottish Express. Red-faced officials have admitted the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport doesn’t know how Read more
Scotland’s energy minister has been told to “set the record straight” on when Scottish Government ministers first became aware they were using an inaccurate wind statistic that was not “properly sourced”. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/snp-minister-urged-to-set-the-record-straight-on-wind-statistic-by-snp-mp-in-leaked-letter-4004898?fbclid=IwAR0oqL5aJ7jjPiXeqKvojoEgH45ATUjnTmjwHoaQPhn1MhU3umtbmiLdNig
Today’s NPF4 Hearing is for…….WIN-270-15 – Proposed Kintradwell Wind Farm, near Brora Webcast starts at 9.30am this morning. https://dpea.public-i.tv/…/webcast_interactive/741951
SSE Renewables has unveiled its ambition to work collaboratively with the fishing industry when building and developing offshore wind farms. The company has committed to ensuring its operations are built on a framework that acknowledges the fisheries sector’s concerns and views. It said it will work to give fishers a Read more
The company behind plans for a controversial wind farm at Armadale in north Sutherland has axed three turbines from the layout. Brookfield Renewables UK Ltd confirmed the move which it said was in response to objections. The original scheme for 12 150-metre high turbines had been due to go before Read more
Trout are unable to live in the Burn of Lunklet because of high concentrations of metal from the Viking construction site, a damning report has found. A report into water quality around the windfarm site found that the lack of trout in the burn was completely “unprecedented”. And Waterside Read more
Wind farms were paid to switch off on Tuesday evening at the same time households were asked to turn their lights off to save energy. Between 4.30pm and 6pm on Tuesday, wind farms were paid about £65,000 to stop producing enough electricity to power 50,000 homes for a day, according Read more
Easy equation? The main ingredient required to make inland wind turbines generate electricity is wind. Recently the “windmills” in my area and in many other areas have been motionless. In the form of a simple equation; wind turbine + no wind = no electricity generated = coal fired power Read more