Campaigners opposed to plans for three community turbines on the Black Isle have welcomed the public vote against the scheme as a “wise decision”. The tight result of the postal ballot asking Black Isle residents if they were in favour of the proposed community wind farm at Millbuie Read more
Developers are still pushing ahead with a wind farm above Helensburgh and Rhu – despite planners warning it has ‘little prospect of success’. Glasgow Airport has objected to the plans for five 86.5-metre turbines on Tom Na H Airidh hill, saying they would ‘interfere’ with radar systems. As Read more
Green energy investment schemes are underperformers and could be impacted by the falling price of oil, so investors should be wary http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/funds/11431825/Five-reasons-to-be-wary-of-green-energy-investments.html
By Graeme Strachan Business owners have raised fears of “irretrievable damage” if the go-ahead is given for a major windfarm in the Angus glens. Hundreds of responses have already been received after the planning application was submitted to Angus Council and Perth and Kinross Council. The proposed Saddle Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent Replacing one of the last remaining ferries running between two parts of the Highland mainland, with a bridge or causeway capable of generating green energy, is to be investigated. It is a prospect welcomed by the renewable energy sector. Highland Council made the commitment Read more
Conservative plans to effectively ban new onshore wind farms will lead to higher energy prices for consumers, Tim Yeo, the senior Tory backbencher has claimed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/11465812/Onshore-wind-farm-ban-will-raise-energy-prices-Tory-MP-Tim-Yeo-warns.html
Lang Banks paints a bucolic image of a Scotland free from any non-renewable power stations (Agenda, The Herald, March 10). Yet the crux of Mr Banks’s argument is that Scotland can afford to dispense with all its baseload and dispatchable power sources (which account for about two-thirds of Read more
The success of a community wind turbine on the Perthshire/Angus border will encourage the launch of similar projects, it has been claimed. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/developer-hopes-glen-isla-turbine-success-will-encourage-similar-projects-1.849028