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In recent weeks, Britain’s three transmission businesses, which are responsible for moving high-voltage power around the country, have reported envy-inducing jumps in profit. In the half-year to September, National Grid recorded a 26pc rise in statutory operating profits from its UK transmission business, rising from £642m to £810m.  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/11/24/power-companies-cashing-in-ed-miliband-net-zero-blitz/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOSWbZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeZpIcrvUXHpri7AU8-2AgQkVl9cAb1koI6ubyoRo3TjyYCq4JkXxA4mZAaso_aem_1v7evAqBKIX1oYv3Vtcf6Q

Marc Mclean A CONSTANT battle against windfarm developments has descended into a “war of attrition” in Dumfries and Galloway, villagers have claimed.Corsock and Kirkpatrick Durham Community Council members have hit out ahead of yet another row over planning permission for wind turbines.They claim that 93% of residents in Corsock and Read more

Scotland’s overstretched police are escorting hundreds of huge wind farm parts every year – at a time when it has stopped investigating some crimes due to the pressures it faces. Slow-moving lorries carrying turbine blades more than half the length of a football pitch have become a common sight in Read more

Community members fear the option to have a public inquiry for Skye’s biggest wind farm will be taken away from them amid concern over delays to planning decisions. Developer Muirhall Energy hopes to build 33 turbines at 200m between Portree and Dunvegan on the Inner Hebridean island.  https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/community-fears-right-to-public-inquiry-for-skyes-biggest-wind-farm-could-be-dropped-due-to-planning-delays-5412964?fbclid=IwY2xjawOPrY9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe8k7crbuZH4JT4NBZwu3cYcnvOWfTaXb3DhxYiXHJ0w-NuFAdcusgVP7Za7E_aem_F2k3vK6C020Dx9p0dI–kQ

The weather has turned very chilly. There is a thick frost on the ground, and a “beast from the east” may descend at any time. Still, never mind. Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, promised us that he would take at least £300 off the average energy bill, so at least we Read more

Well that was predictable!  

COUNCILLORS have unanimously agreed a formal objection by Argyll and Bute Council to plans for a wind farm at Tayinloan. The proposal for the Killean Estate would see nine turbines, with a maximum blade tip height of up to 180m. However, it was agreed last month that the council would Read more

Herald lettersHIGHLAND MP Angus Macdonald says that the cost of heating his Highland constituency office is 24p per kwh compared to 6p per kwh for his Westminster base (“Highland MP flags unfair fuel costs”, The Herald, November 13). On the Isle of Lewis, where I am a trustee of a Read more