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Environment spokesman Sir Jamie McGrigor stands to make more than £8m from the development which has angered the Argyll & Bute community living around Loch Awe. A WIND FARM which could earn the Scottish Tories’ environment spokesman more than £8 million will make his constituents’ lives a misery, kill tourism Read more
By Rod Mills An energy expert has warned offshore wind power may be the “expensive luxury” Scotland can no longer afford. Ian Marchant, the former chief executive of Scottish and Southern Energy, one of Britain’s biggest investors in renewable energy, fears for the future of the controversial schemes. It will Read more
Proposals for eight turbines that would have been built five miles to the east of Barrhill have been rejected. The plans for Corwar Wind Farm were initially rejected by South Ayrshire Council’s regulatory panel at a meeting in August 2013 and an appeal by developers Willowind Energy has been dismissed Read more
Developers whose plans to build a wind farm at Lyth were rejected by the Highland Council are calling for a public inquiry. Eurowind have announced it is to appeal the decision by Highland Council planners who denied it permission to build ten turbines in December. Planners made their decision citing Read more
Ian Marchant, the former chief executive of Scottish and Southern Energy, one of Britain’s biggest investors in renewable energy, fears for the future of the controversial schemes. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/463699/Energy-expert-delivers-blow-to-Alex-Salmond-wind-power-hopes
A leading European renewables body has been dissolved after more than a decade representing the industry – because its energy efficient headquarters proved too expensive. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/03/european-renewables-council-shut-cost-green-energy-hq/
The installations at Scottish Water sites in West Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, the Highlands, and Aberdeen are part of a programme to increase the amount of renewable energy the public utility generates while reducing carbon emissions. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/solar-panels-are-being-installed-to-help-reduce-energy-costs-at-six-water-treatment-works-across-scotland/
A new study has been launched by leading offshore wind developers in a bid to cut the cost of generating electricity from UK waters. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/03/new-consortium-launches-study-cutting-offshore-wind-development-costs/