Wake up The UK is in the hands of those who have created huge contradictions of purpose in our national efforts. We are catering for those who have schemes so impractical as to be unbelievable – to anyone except government, that is. The Net Zero and renewables drive is Read more
More people are employed servicing rollercoasters and ghost trains in the UK than working on wind turbines, a leading trade union has claimed. The GMB said the fact that more British workers are employed at theme parks like Alton Towers and Legoland than in the wind industry shows how badly Read more
The Agenda for the next Hearing of the SAS Petition is now available on the Scottish Parliament website. https://www.parliament.scot/…/2022/cppps62211/agenda We were told that only the Planning Minister, Tom Arthur MSP would be giving evidence but apparently Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, and Neal Rafferty, Senior Adviser, Heat in Buildings Read more
A WIND farm project in the Borders has been halted after a pair of golden eagles were spotted near the site. Fred Olsen Renewables (FOR) wants to build eight turbines, with a maximum tip height of 180 metres, at the 543m high Scawd Law mountain above the ‘Granites Road’, the Read more
Trawling, dredging, fish farms, mining and offshore turbines should not be allowed in the most sensitive areas of Scotland’s seas to protect fragile habitats and boost struggling sealife, according to a coalition of leading environmental charities. Scottish ministers have committed to protecting 30 per cent of the country’s waters for Read more
http://shet.news/3re7 I recently sent a letter to our Scottish Government requesting answers to questions on the following issues. How much of our country’s fishing grounds are to be sold off and covered with anchors and chains to hold offshore wind farms in place, thus, excluding UK fishing communities’ access to Read more
Dear Sir, In his letter, Mr Peter Smith asks a very simple question – “Why are we paying so much for electricity?” (Capitalism fuelling energy providers, Press and Journal June 3rd). Here is the explanation – in case he hasn’t noticed power prices have doubled in wind industry deluded Britain. Read more
A partnership has been struck to turn used turbine blades from a Scottish wind farm into items such as benches, bus shelters and bike racks. Fred Olsen Renewables and ReBlade, the first specialist wind turbine decommissioning service in the UK, have joined forces to explore ways of reusing turbine blades Read more