Thousands of acres of the countryside have been swallowed up by development in the past few years, new land use maps have revealed. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/81067/developments-devour-countryside/
The Court of Session has overturned an appeal against the onshore building work for the EOWDC wind farm in Aberdeen Bay. http://www.originalfm.com/news/court-of-session-backs-onshore-eowdc-works
Lords Deben and Krebs say end of subsidies is political step by government, which must explain cost and what will be done instead to meet targets http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/30/government-must-explain-removal-of-support-for-onshore-wind-advisers-say
The John Muir Trust has launched a campaign to save Wild Land Area 34 in Sutherland which has been targeted by three separate energy companies for large scale onshore wind farms. Trust launches campaign to save Sutherland’s Wild Land from 65 proposed wind turbines
The UK Government is under growing pressure to scrap a controversial decision to end new on-shore wind farm subsidies. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/80985/pressure-mounts-to-reverse-controversial-wind-farm-decision/
DR Ken Brown (Letters, June 26), asks why Fergus Ewing has gone back on his claim that “the SNP believe that many other forms of renewable energy are the future, not unconstrained wind farms”. I don’t suppose he would want to admit it, but the answer just might be that Read more
By Ben Hendry A new windfarm will be erected outside a Moray village – after developers reduced its size by almost half in the face of opposition from locals. Councillors have approved plans for six turbines at a site at Meikle Hill, south east of Dallas – down from the Read more
Another prominent thumbs down against wind the current renewable energy craze, this one from Bill Gates. http://notrickszone.com/