RJ MacLeod has won a contract for the extension of a South Lanarkshire wind farm that will become home to the UK’s first 200-metre-tall onshore turbines. The Glasgow-headquartered company will supply the supporting components and auxiliary systems to 15 additional turbines being installed at Kype Muir by Banks Renewables, the Read more
Third of Scotland’s big wind farms linked to tax havens including Cayman Islands By Rob Edwards and Ally Tibbitt Nearly a third of Scotland’s biggest wind farms have owners with links to offshore tax havens in the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Guernsey and Jersey. An investigation by The Ferret has Read more
Here’s something for you all to get involved in! Who really owns Scotland’s whisky, wind farms and media? How do Scotland’s top lobbyists influence power? This week in an exclusive joint investigation, The Herald has teamed up with The Ferret to answer the most important questions in modern Scotland. Over Read more
A proposed new windfarm on Robbins Island off north-west Tasmania could threaten a disease-free Tasmanian devil population, according to federal environment officials, who say the damage to habitat could be difficult to offset. Correspondence obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws shows officials raised concerns that no comparable Read more
UK’s giant battery ‘farms’ spark fears of explosions that can reach temperatures of 660C – even worse than the Beirut port blast – with one expert calling them ‘potential bombs’ Facilities contain huge batteries storing electricity for the National Grid – a new form of crop for farmers scrambling to Read more
China led a record increase in wind and solar power during 2020 – even as the emerging superpower continued to build new fossil-fuel burning coal plants. Capacity of wind and solar power grew by 238GW globally last year, about 50pc larger than any previous expansion, according to the latest annual Read more
Rigghill Wind Farm, Site To East Of Fardens, Skelmorlie, PA17 5AQ – Appeal https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/…/19210295…/ https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=121709
Two Dumfriesshire politicians are “strongly opposed” to the controversial proposed Scoop Hill windfarm development. MP David Mundell and his MSP son Oliver spoke out as they visited an exhibition on Saturday which was staged by the campaign group, Save Our Hills Moffat, to highlight “the ramifications” of the proposed 75-turbine Read more