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There are instances when a turbine consumes more than 50% of its rated capacity in its own operation. The industry doesn’t publicize any data; incoming power is not normally recorded. Power From the People

Communities fear a green energy project could destroy businesses and wildlife along a 20-mile stretch of the Moray Firth coastline. An agreement has paved the way for a project that could see wind turbine parts temporarily anchored en route to locations out at sea. Fishermen have warned that it would Read more

A PUBLIC inquiry is set to investigate a proposed wind farm near Largs. The inquiry, led by Alasdair Edwards, was triggered after North Ayrshire Council, as the planning authority, lodged an objection to the Crosbie Wind Farm project on Kaim Hill in Fairlie. The proposed development by Galileo involves the Read more

The Scottish government has granted planning permission to two onshore wind farms totalling around 152MW. Section 36 consent was awarded to Energiekontor’s 92.4MW Craiginmoddie and to Statkraft’s 59.4MW Knockronal, both in South Ayrshire. Craiginmoddie is cleared for 14 turbines with 200-metre tip heights at a site near Barr and Daily. Read more

Forget ‘Air Miles Angus’, there’s a new competitor for taxpayer-funded jaunts abroad. ‘Jet-set Gillian’ Martin is set to fly out to Brazil next week to attend Cop30 and represent Scotland and the Scottish Government to delegates from across the world – despite the country failing on its climate goals. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/jet-set-gillian-martin-heading-36183700?int_source=mantis_rec_top&int_medium=web&int_campaign=more_like_this_top&fbclid=IwY2xjawN360BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe-frJhQS9em0zN7gRKP5hbzYOgqxd1rRSNSmzS6dhk4LFGMl96d_uElmI1go_aem_GBtie_ZuJT3bC1gBKY_o3Q

Plan for more than 100 miles of ‘monster’ pylons through some of Scotland’s most scenic countryside could result in a ’54 per cent loss of biodiversity’, officials have warned. But the council has said the proposed development, which locals fear will lead to the ‘industrialisation of the Highlands’, goes against Read more

The Scottish Government’s Net Zero Secretary has been accused of showing “contempt” for worried anti-pylon campaigners in the north-east of Scotland after a secret recording was unearthed.  Gillian Martin has refused to speak to community groups who are demonstrating against the creation of a massive pylon development running between Angus Read more

IT’S time to call a halt to further onshore wind farm development in Scotland, other than small community-owned ones. Applications for sites are fuelling a landgrab, enriching speculators at huge cost to the public purse and are desecrating the natural environment in many parts of our land. Scotland already produces Read more