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As a Barrhead resident, I was extremely relieved when the fight by Gateside and Barrhead residents against a planning application – for a wind turbine at Woodneuk Farm on the Fereneze Braes above Barrhead – resulted in the refusal of permission on the grounds of adverse visual and landscape impact. Read more
REPEATED and ever-escalating claims are made by politicians and Scottish Renewables about the benefit to the Scottish economy including the thousands of Scottish jobs to come from renewables development. However, in a recent announcement relating to the Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind facility in the outer Firth of Forth, the Read more
Colin McInnes While the focus of the UK nuclear sector is on the new-build programme, recent results from EDF remind us that existing nuclear capacity is still a major player in the UK energy scene. Their nuclear fleet is now delivering more electrical energy than at any time during the Read more
Kate Devlin UK Political Correspondent REJECTING independence could lead to lower energy bills and help ensure the lights do not go out, David Cameron’s Cabinet will say today. Coalition Ministers are set to announce a series of measures to support North Sea investment that they say could help ordinary people Read more
Ben Robinson Wind farm firms have been accused of building huge, ineffective turbines to exploit a lucrative loophole funded by the taxpayer. And although the Government knows about the scam, it has not acted to stamp it out. The Government pays different rates for wind energy depending on how Read more
SSE said the Dalnessie scheme and plans to extend an existing development at Fairburn were no longer financially viable. Residents who had protested at the proposals hailed the decision as a victory for people power, as industry body Scottish Renewables admitted onshore windfarm developers across the country were facing tough Read more
Energy minister Michael Fallon orders wind farms to cut compensation charges as figures show they are paid millions for turbines to stand still in stormy weather By Tim Ross, Political Correspondent Onshore wind farms are being paid £30 million a year to sit idle during the windiest weather. The payments Read more
Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor A LEADING member of Ukip has been accused of hypocrisy after striking wind-farm deals for his Scottish estates despite the party’s vehement opposition to “ghastly” turbines. Ukip economic spokesman Professor Tim Congdon, a leading Thatcherite economist, has cashed in on deals with SSE in Argyll Read more