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Energy company 2020 Renewables Ltd have today been successful in securing consent for a 42MW wind farm from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/comhairle-grant-planning-for-14-tolsta-wind-turbines-1-3209434
240-turbine Atlantic Array project designed to power 1million homes axed Decision to stop Bristol Channel project due to ‘cost and technical issues’ Critics blamed Coalition for discouraging investment in renewable energy http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2514117/Blackout-fears-rise-4bn-offshore-wind-farm-scrapped.html
Offshore windfarm developers have been accused of taking advantage of landowners whose land they use to lay cables for connecting schemes to the grid. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3484501
Consumers south of the border will continue to pay towards renewable energy development in Scotland, according to the SNP. http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/11/scotlands-future-new-country-look-shared-approach-renewable-energy/
Over 200 people have joined a Facebook campaign against the erection of wind turbines in the village of Invercairn in Fraserburgh and district. The group, which was formed on November 23 has already attracted over 200 ‘likes’ on the social media website. Applications for wind turbines in the village saw Read more
Windfarms in a separate Scotland may have to be subsidised by the UK Government, the independence White Paper has suggested. http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2013/11/white-paper-shows-separate-scotland-need-uk-wind-subsidy/
The Scottish Government has published its white paper on independence, outlining how it believes a Yes vote in next year’s referendum could pave the way for a new era for the nation. SNIP “We’d become independent in more promising circumstances than virtually any other nation in history,” he said. “That Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent THE chapter dealing with the “Environment, Rural Scotland and Resources” is among the most important in the document. Dealing with oil and gas and renewable energy, it is the economic powerhouse of the White Paper’s vision. There is no great surprise that it laments the wasted Read more