Could mankind be any more destructive in its vain attempts to “save the planet”? Ever-more alarming articles inform us about climate change causing the death of seabirds, including today’s Issue of the Day feature by Vicky Allan (“Mystery of the 1,000 dead seabirds”, The Herald, September 30). At the same Read more
PLANS to install turbines in Peeblesshire could muddy the waters for rural residents nearby, according to a community leader. Proposals to install 12 turbines at Cloich near Eddleston have been described as “lunacy” by the village’s community council chairman, James Taylor. Mr Taylor, a resident of Stewarton for 28 years, Read more
Six giant wind farm turbines are to be built on the fringe of the Pentlands National Park, despite fears it will hit tourism and disrupt vital broadband signals for local residents. Plans had already been approved for the six turbines being built by French Energy giant EDF, but a new Read more
BORIS JOHNSON has been warned that some Britons “can’t afford” the price hike of his £50billion-a-year switch to renewables energy. Bridget Rosewell, a member of the National Infrastructure Commission, has warned the Government is in danger of heaping extra costs onto those who can afford it least. Westminster is expected Read more
We hear a giant wind farm in the Firth of Forth is going to power Scottish homes twice over. As even the RSPB could not stop a previous wind farm in the Firth of Forth, I suspect it will go ahead. There are many more offshore turbines. So why do Read more
SSE Renewables has signed an agreement with Pacifico Energy, one of Japan’s largest developers of renewable energy, to create a joint ownership company that will pursue offshore wind energy development projects in Japan. The creation of the joint ownership company involves the acquisition by SSE Renewables of an 80% interest Read more
Plans for a world-leading floating wind farm off the north coast of Caithness “will have implications for decades to come”, a local Highland councillor has said. Councillor Matthew Reiss warned that the turbines in the proposed Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm will “dwarf the coastline” while acknowledging that the project Read more
‘We need these wind farms to stop global warming’ – Readers’ Comments – Edinburgh Evening News Plans to build a giant offshore wind farm off Scotland’s east coast that would be the largest in the UK and one of the world’s biggest have come a step closer. The scheme will Read more