THOUSANDS of “super’ wind turbines more than double the height of Big Ben could blight the British countryside in the future, it has emerged. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/568218/Giant-wind-turbines-dwarf-Big-Ben-blight-Britain-countryside
Opposition has been voiced to proposals to build a 79m high wind turbine near the scenic Clatto nature reserve and reservoir. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/concerns-over-turbine-plans-for-nature-reserve-1-3737925
By Jane Candlish Scottish ministers have given the go-ahead to plans for a 23 turbine windfarm near Loch Ness. News that consent has been granted to the Corriegarth windfarm was announced just a day after an emotive new video highlighting the spread of turbines in the hills of the Great Read more
The energy minister Matthew Hancock became embroiled in a row yesterday after chartering a private aircraft from Aberdeen to London despite there being numerous scheduled services that day. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/energy-minister-chartered-his-own-private-aircraft-from-london-to-aberdeen-despite-numerous-scheduled-services-10153032.html
Councillors narrowly voted to raise an objection to the extension of a windfarm in the hills above the Great Glen amid fears that the area is being overrun with turbines. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/537994/split-decision-over-windfarm-extensions/
A ROSS-SHIRE wind farm that is yet to built has changed hands. http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/News/turnb-02042015.htm
By 2020, Scotland will be generating a huge surplus of heavily subsidised renewable electricity that it cannot use, sell or store. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/?post_type=platform&p=15729&preview=true
Perth and Kinross Council has been ordered to pay up after Scottish ministers ruled it acted “unreasonably” and bowed to public pressure when it blocked plans for a highly controversial windfarm expansion. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross