Leithenwater Wind Energy Hub – Pre Application The construction and operation of a new wind farm (Leithenwater Wind Energy Hub) comprising up to 13 wind turbines each up to a maximum of 200m to turbine blade tip and ancillary items. The Proposed Development is located 4.5km north-east of Peebles. https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004619
IN complaining about the new Prime Minister’s choice of Chancellor, the Scottish Greens state that “Scotland didn’t vote for this”. That may well be true, but a better case in point surely about having those you rejected in an election having power, would be the two Green ministers in Read more
On the northern shores of the Firth of Forth, royal blue waters lap against the weathered walls of Methil Docks. The quays were once a hub for coal exports but, since the late 1970s, haven’t dealt in the black stuff. Now, the town on Scotland’s east coast is flirting with Read more
An estimated 4 Billion viewers from all over the world tuned in to watch the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As the Royal Cortege departed from Balmoral the aerial views beamed across the world showed the true magnificence of our glorious Deeside. It is therefore, simply too Read more
The wild, as a concept, has long had us seduced – and never, it feels, more so than now. There is a fantasy Scotland, wild and untouched – and under threat now from, amongst other things, giant wind turbines. Recently the National Trust for Scotland objected to the fact that Read more
Energy figures Among other somewhat ridiculous assertions Dr Richard Dixon (Scotsman, 15 September ) claims that our new PM is “backing far-off, ridiculously expensive, nuclear power”. Instead of such waffle, let’s do a Kelvin and at at least try to put in the numbers that every serious scientific argument Read more
Energy folly Alba MP Kenny MacAskill claimed that fracking and nuclear aren’t required or wanted in Scotland (Scotsman, 15 September). One could argue against fracking on the basis that it unearths a fossil fuel, although of course such fuel is only a problem when someone burns it without safely Read more
An Aberdeenshire resident that has stayed in the same home for 40 years has written a letter of complaint to those behind a local wind farm proposal. Company RES’s proposed wind farm would be made up of 17 turbines, 820ft tall situated on the Hill of Fare, less than four Read more