GILLIAN Martin, the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, recently stated that “we are over halfway on our journey to net zero”. This claim is is wrong. Net zero is achieved by a combination of reducing emissions and then balancing the remaining emissions by the removal of an equivalent Read more
Perthshire residents are campaigning against a wind farm project which they describe as “the industrialisation of a precious mountain landscape”. The proposed Glen Lednock Wind Farm, on the Invergeldie Estate near Comrie, adjacent to Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, comprises 19 wind turbines with a blade tip height of Read more
Herald letters PHILIP Norris (Letters, July 4) wonders how many Herald readers know about the giant wind turbines installed and planned across Scotland. One could also ask how many know about the enormous battery storage, substation sites and 200-plus feet high pylons marching across Scotland that will provide the vast Read more
I found it interesting that the increase in applications was fuelled by new schemes outside The Highlands though the Highlands still account for a large proportion of Scoping Schemes. The documents are already out of date with the recent arrival of Glenskinnan S36 – APPLICATIONS 020725 S36 – SCOPING SCHEMES Read more
Time to ditch green dreams ON June 13, 2025, the UK Government announced a £500 million investment, paid for by UK taxpayers, to accelerate the development of the UK’S first regional hydrogen transport and storage network. (Thankfully, most likely in the industrial heartlands of the UK – although the Scottish Read more
That’s the proposed updates on ETSU-R-97 out for consultation. You can respond as an individual. You don’t have to answer the questions if you don’t want to, just let them know what you think. Closing date is 29 August. The FOI response that we received anticipates the New Guidance will Read more
Turbines are fire risk You have once again highlighted the horrors of raging wildfires (“Wildfires ‘becoming danger to human life’, say gamekeepers battling them”, The Herald, July 1). Several roads in the Carrbridge, Dava, Grantown-on-Spey and Knockando areas are closed due to hazardous smoke, visible for miles around. Here in Read more
A NATIONAL group fighting to halt further wind farms says the scale of development around New Cumnock is incomparable to anywhere else in Scotland.Scotland Against Spin has been campaigning for more than a decade for the reform of the Scottish Government’s wind energy policy.The group keeps an eye on wind Read more