By Iain Ramage A cluster of 13 massive wind turbines could be approved for a Highland wilderness that draws thousands of walkers and cyclists each year. The Culachy scheme, on a 6,700-acre site by the panoramic Corrieyairack Pass south of Fort Augustus, would feature 490ft-tall towers. Planning officers are recommending Read more
By Iain Ramage Highland councillors will make their own observations on Tuesday about the next line of super pylons planned for the north, linking substations along the 100-mile route from Kintore in Aberdeenshire to Beauly where it links in to the Denny transmission line. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (Shet) is Read more
Creation of a windfarm by St Andrews University is being put at serious risk by a delay in agreeing radar mitigation. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/university-and-mod-blame-each-other-for-kenly-farm-wind-turbines-delay-1.909224
Mark Latham, Deputy Business Editor One of Scotland’s leading economists has slammed a report on energy security from the Scottish Parliament’s Economy and Energy Committee, claiming that the committee had been “hijacked” by the pro-wind farm lobby and that the report “ignores the serious supply issues which will be caused Read more
THE company that built Roundponds Farm Solar Farm at Norrington, near Broughton Gifford, has applied for permission to install 10 diesel generators on the site – but the plans have already drawn sharp criticism. http://melkshamnews.com/2015/10/07/village-solar-farm-applies-for-diesel-generators-as-back-up/
National Grid to offer a new set of subsidies to diesel generator operators under a scheme designed as insurance against the lights going out http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/06/uk-energy-bill-subsidies-driving-boom-in-polluting-diesel-farms
David Ross THE upgrading of nearly 100 miles of power lines in the north east of Scotland has been completed at a cost of £94 million in a project which revealed a medieval farm along the way. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, which is part of SSE, undertook to refurbish the Read more
If unable to generate more income then the solution is to turn off the electricity and get a friend to cut your hair (which is probably what already happens if Mr Hill thinks that he can get his hair cut for £4). No doubt this is the policy that Read more