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Plans for a controversial new windfarm in the Glenkens have been thrown out for a second time. Energiekontor has failed in its bid to build turbines at Garcrogo near Corsock. Scottish Government reporter Elspeth Cook found the proposal for seven windmills didn’t meet with the existing development plan. This was Read more
The view from the other side Scotland Against Spin (SAS), as its website says is “the independent alliance campaigning for the reform of the Scottish Government’s wind energy policy”. It is petitioning the Scottish Parliament for reforms to the Scottish planning system which (notwithstanding the suggestions by Nick Winser that Read more
Power generated by 86GW of offshore turbines will be carried from Scotland — with the risk of hundreds more pylons Britain’s power network will need £60 billion investment in new offshore wind farms if it is to hit the government’s target to decarbonise the electricity system by 2035. National Grid, Read more
Carbon baiting I certainly agree with Steuart Campbell (Letters, 13 March) that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, but to claim that it has no practical value is truly astounding. It is, in fact, the stuff of life. Below 150ppm (parts per million) in the atmosphere, plants would not Read more
OPPONENTS of a proposed windfarm in the Lammermuir Hills have described it as “the wrong development in the wrong place”. More than 100 people attended a meeting in Gifford Village Hall last Wednesday highlighting the proposals for Newlands Hill, to the south-east of the village. Fifteen turbines with a maximum Read more
Cooking by gas UK ENERGY Secretary Claire Coutinho has revealed plans for a new generation of gas-fired power stations south of the Border to make sure the lights stay on. Sense at last. Germany will spend €16 billion building four major electricity plants using natural gas, the same gas Read more
We pay lip service to the importance of energy in our lives, but do we really understand just how all-pervasive that influence really is and how dependent we are on fuels of high physical quality to deliver rich and free societies? In a new short film written for Net Zero Read more
The developer behind a flagship £16bn cable that will link Moroccan solar and wind farms to British homes has threatened to instead send electricity to Germany. Planning documents published on the European transmission system operator’s website show that Xlinks, the company behind the project, has floated Germany as another end Read more