IN THE dying months of last year, a perfect calm often descended upon the UK. It meant the wind didn’t blow very much. It meant the windmills didn’t turn. It meant electricity generators had to burn much more gas and operate their remaining gas power stations flat out to keep Read more
Power station Scotland’s Hunterston B nuclear power station was shut down forever on 7 January. It has provided clean electricity for 46 years. Of course Lang Banks of WWF Scotland and formerly chief executive with wind turbine PR organisation Scottish Renewables has to get in on the act and imply Read more
It has been heartening of late to read so many letters pointing out the failings of wind power and why we should never have over-deployed on weather-dependent energy. If only the independent engineers and economists had been heeded over this last decade, then perhaps we wouldn’t be in the current Read more
The Scottish Government has been urged to change their rules on wind farms to stop developers running amok and flooding the country’s beautiful landscape with turbines. Currently, developers can re-appeal to the government if the local authority rejects their application to build a new site. The SNP have been criticised Read more
Fred. Olsen Renewables has applied to the Scottish Government for permission to develop a 17-turbine wind farm on the Dava Moor. The plans for Lethen Wind Farm are 10 kilometres north west of Grantown and have been the focus of community consultation since early last year. The company said the Read more
FEARS have been raised that Scotland will be forced to import fossil fuels if a new generation of nuclear generators are not deployed – further hiking already high energy bills for householders. The concerns comes as electricity generation from the Hunterston B nuclear plant in North Ayrshire, one of only Read more
Stornoway Wind Farm – Consented 35 X 180m turbines The Scottish Ministers granted consent for Stornoway Wind Farm in September 2012, to construct and operate 36 wind turbines and ancillary infrastructure. In May 2015, an application was made under the Electricity Act to vary this consent and the deemed planning Read more
Three new wind turbines are set to be built at West Calder. A planning application to build the structures at Pearie Law has been approved by West Lothian Council. Two turbines will stand at 180m tall while another will measure 150m and will be built by Huddersfield-based Wind Estate (UK) Read more