News Elsewhere contains mainly articles we have permission to republish from Views of Scotland and Country Guardian. You can learn more about these organisations by visiting: http://www.countryguardian.net/ and http://www.viewsofscotland.org/. Occasionally we will also post news from elsewhere on the web.
Plans have been submitted for a major windfarm near Carsphairn. Energy firm E.On are behind the bid to build 19 turbines at Quantans Hill. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/major-windfarm-plans-launched-3093991
Scotland’s ports are not fit for purpose to attract offshore wind operators to invest in the region, a group of leading energy industry figures has warned. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3556697
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that our existing wind turbines kill 440,000 bald and golden eagles, albatrosses, hawks, falcons, owls, cranes, egrets, geese and other birds every year in the U.S., along with hundreds of thousands of insect-eating bats. http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/jan/30/wind-turbines-are-disastrous-birds/
Plans to put a wind turbine close to the ancient Duddo Stones have been given the green light by a Government inspector. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/duddo-stones-still-a-mystery-1-3284391
There will be a wind turbine for every single house in Chesters if proposals for schemes at Highlee Hill and Cummings Hill get the green light. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/chesters-community-feels-pressure-under-turbine-seige-1-3286913
HOUSE prices in the parish of St Enoder have dropped 20 per cent due to the number of wind turbines blighting the landscape, it has been claimed. http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/8216-Wind-turbines-slashing-house-prices-20-St/story-20528546-detail/story.html#axzz2rsniX38i
Windfarms: a new report says they may be good for the environment; but when it comes to house prices for properties in their immediate vicinity, then they certainly are not good. We’ve been to the site of England’s largest onshore windfarm, opened by Ed Miliband, on the Romney Marsh. http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-01-29/windfarms-good-for-the-environment-bad-for-house-prices/
No one needs reminding that renewable energy projects are controversial – particularly for the communities affected. So companies that want to build a wind farm or install a solar park have a responsibility to win over the neighbours. http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/WMN-OPINION-8216-Green-8217-energy-sweeteners/story-20521835-detail/story.html