By Graeme Strachan The wife of a Royal Marines chief is fronting a battle against plans to build a windfarm between Glen Prosen and Glen Isla. Sue Smith spokeswoman for Friends of Backwater and Glenisla Against Turbines said a public meeting will take place in Kirriemuir to “raise Read more
The chief executive of a Scottish wind energy company has highlighted the struggles businesses can have starting green energy projects during a talk at a recent THRIVE Energy event held in Glasgow. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-wind-power-chief-highlights-difficulties-facing-small-renewable-energy-projects/
Anger is growing over plans to build “ghastly” wind turbines in stunning countryside where Game of Thrones was filmed. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environment/game-of-thrones-in-wind-turbines-row-31139752.html
A Tory peer who pioneered wind farms in the UK before adopting sceptical views on climate change has been revealed as a donor to Lord Lawson’s anti-global-warming think tank. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/tory-wind-farm-pioneer-lord-cavendish-revealed-to-be-antiglobal-warming-donor-10174232.html
A north MSP has claimed developments such as windfarms are vital to bring people back to sparely populated areas. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/547422/msp-warns-of-conservation-clearances-ahead-of-wind-farm-inquiry/
A new campaign group has been set up to fight against the spread of wind farm developments around Loch Ness. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-32286822
Seven renewable energy trade associations across the UK have combined to publish a joint ‘manifesto’ for the general election next month. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/renewable-industries-issue-green-manifesto-ahead-of-uk-general-election/
Scottish Enterprise is being urged to back a call from the Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust for plans to build a substation on the battle site to be changed. Dr Gordon Prestoungrange, founding chairman of the trust and trustee, welcomed the Government body’s pledge it has not’abandoned’ the former Cockenzie Read more