ALEX Cole-Hamilton has written to the UK Statistics Authority over the Yes campaign’s use of a disputed wind power figure on a leaflet. The Scottish LibDem leader pointed to a social media post shared by SNP activist Olaf Stando and two other independence campaigners knocking on doors in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Read more
Staging rebellions against their own government has become a way of life for many Tory MPs – but why choose onshore wind farms as the hill on which to die? If Rishi Sunak concedes to the demands of a group of (reportedly) around 50 MPs and lifts the moratorium on Read more
While some backbenchers want to block development, others want more of it – particularly onshore wind The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill, supposedly the Government’s flagship domestic policy, is proving more problematic than ministers expected. A vote was due today on the remaining stages but has been postponed after Tory MPs Read more
A green energy expert whose firm scammed £4million from customers for wind farm schemes has been banned from running companies for 14 years. Geoscientist Dr Paul Dougan was hit with the ban after a probe by the Insolvency Service found he used investors’ cash to fund separate property ventures instead Read more
Power trio The article “Power trio set to energise the country” by Ilona Amos says that the three cutting-edge battery storage units being built in Scotland will cut household bills (Scotsman, 24 November). That’s what was said about wind turbines before £1 billion of constraint payments were added to Read more
Maybe Mr Marlow would like to contact us at SAS so we can educate him. For a start, research shows that opposition to onshore wind among Tory voters doesn’t exist to the extent that some in the party believe it to. On the contrary, recent polling shows that there Read more
The proposed development will comprise of a wind farm and battery energy storage system, comprising up to 21 three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 230 metres, with a total power output of approximately 126MW. The turbines would be nominally rated at 6MW. Read more
Rishi Sunak is facing a rebellion from his MPs over onshore wind amid efforts to beat the energy crisis. Simon Clarke, the MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, has tabled a legislative amendment aimed at relaxing planning rules so turbines can get built more easily if communities want them. Read more