A study of the impact of wind turbines in the Borders on three rare and endangered species of bat will begin next month. It has been commissioned by Scottish Natural Heritage and will be carried out by the Norfolk-based British Trust for Ornithology – one of five bidders for the Read more
By Iain Ramage A public show of hands has overwhelmingly rejected proposals for a Glenurquhart windfarm. Almost all of the 140 people attending a public meeting at Balnain on the issue on Monday night raised their hands in opposition to plans by French firm EDF Energy Renewables and Scottish Read more
A local hearing will be held to decide the fate of a planning application for two wind turbines on Bute, it’s been confirmed. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/community-news/public-hearing-confirmed-for-bute-turbines-plan-1-3863080
Ecotricity wants to build 16 turbines on land near Duns in Berwickshire where there is an “isolated landscape” and “high wind speeds”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-33989432
THE efforts made by the SNP Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, to deflect responsibility for the closure of Longannet Power Station and for the withdrawal of the plan to build a gas-fired power station at Cockenzie to the door of the Prime Minister, fail to address the fundamental and now problematic Read more
by Sean Rooney Barrhead’s local authority must say “no more” to wind turbines according to councillors. Planning officers were put on the spot by councillors at a meeting of East Renfrewshire Council’s planning application committee on Wednesday but despite their opposition to any more building of wind turbines, councillors were Read more
A postcode in Glasgow is the top mainland spot for small-scale renewables in Scotland, new figures have revealed. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/85362/commonwealth-legacy-lives-on-as-glasgow-postcode-becomes-renewables-hotspot/
Around 42,000 solar schemes (equivalent to around 660,000 250W solar panels), 2,557 small wind projects, 204 hydro-electric schemes and three anaerobic digesters, which turn waste into gas, are powering Scotland’s homes, businesses and community buildings – according to latest figures produced by Scottish Renewables and Scotland’s Rural College. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/new-survey-reveals-inverurie-as-solar-power-capital-of-scotland-as-small-renewable-energy-projects-face-prospect-of-cut-in-uk-subsidies/