A POWER company is inviting local community members to attend new public exhibition sessions to find out more about their plans to develop the Lorg Hill Wind Farm. http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/roundup/articles/2015/08/15/541792-public-has-say-on-windfarm-plan/
Bernd Atzenroth of central Germany’s online Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ) reports on how a stork had its beak and main feathers chopped off by a wind turbine blade. So severe were the bird’s injuries that the animal had to be euthanized. http://notrickszone.com/2015/08/14/wind-turbine-strikes-endangered-stork-injuries-so-severe-it-had-to-be-put-down/#sthash.uymN9Ioj.dpbs
KERMIT the Frog was wrong – it’s easy being green! Sexy socialists know how important the well being of our planet is; it’s why we combat global warming by being so cool all the time! We fund solar energy, geothermal projects and tidal power systems; the tears of unionists alone Read more
The impact of wind farms in the Borders on three rare and endangered species of bat will be the focus of a major study commissioned last week. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/88-000-bat-study-contract-is-awarded-1-3857288
A proposed windfarm on the border of Angus and Perthshire will not be affected by a company’s financial difficulties, it has been claimed. Permission for the Saddle Hill (Black Hill) windfarm – around 2.4 miles north-west of Kilry – is due to be decided at a meeting of Angus Council’s Read more
MP SAYS TURBINES WILL ‘DISFIGURE SOME OF OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL LOCAL LANDSCAPE’ WORK to construct Den Brook Wind Farm, a nine turbine project between North Tawton, Spreyton and Bow in West Devon, will begin on Monday, August 17, developer RES (Renewable Energy Systems Ltd) has confirmed – but Mel Stride, Read more
That the amount of electricity we can generate from wind turbines is inherently variable is well known. What isn’t as well known is how they intend to deal with it: http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/energy-environment/the-fiddly-and-tricky-bit-of-the-new-electricity-system/
Against the backdrop of recent Government policy changes on renewable energy, Heartland Community Wind has announced it’s project will be moving forward. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/heartland-community-wind-project-confirmed-despite-government-cuts/