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.
Steven Vass Deputy Business Editor, Sunday Herald AQUAMARINE Power, the Edinburgh wave energy pioneer, is not facing a withdrawal by SSE despite its largest shareholder announcing a review of its interests in the sector last week. Perth-based SSE owns 31% of Aquamarine, which has so far spent upwards of £70 Read more
by EDDIE BARNES SCOTLAND should withdraw from the UK-wide energy market and put control over its own resources into public hands, a radical new report declares today. Published by the left-wing Jimmy Reid Foundation amid growing anger over the costs of Britain’s energy bills, the report says that, with either Read more
By Calum Ross A county that leads the world in wind energy is planning to halt the development of new turbine schemes onshore. Denmark’s Energy and Climate Minister martin Lidegaard told The Courier that the nation was close to reaching its “limit” for windfarms. And he described the Scottish Government’s Read more
by Edwin Lawrence Villagers are bracing themselves for a fight with windfarm developers. For WilloWind Energy has lodged a planning application for a 25-turbine Lindfairn Windfarm, near Straiton. WilloWind claims it has consulted extensively since its original 29-turbine plan. And chief executive Martin Davie said: “In another sign of our Read more
The threat of a huge windfarm overshadowing an Ayrshire stargazing observatory has sparked anger nationally from a leading Scottish astronomer and conservation charities. The Astronomer Royal for Scotland John Brown has said putting turbines next to the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory in Dalmellington is like building a factory in Glen Read more
By Grant Smith A renewable energy firm has failed in its attempt to build a 46m wind turbine near an East Neuk village. Intelligent Land Investment appealed against Fife Council’s refusal of planning permission for the development at Baldastard Farm, New Gilston. Largo area community council said the turbine would Read more
Ailsa Horizons has hit out at South Ayrshire Council over the way the local authority handled its application for a wind turbine at Girvan Mains Farm. http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/girvan-wind-farm-heads-for-appeal-1-3120345
A little more flesh has been added to the bones of a planned new wind farm on the south Cowal hills, opposite Rothesay Bay, after the company behind the scheme confirmed the location of the proposed development. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/local-headlines/site-revealed-for-proposed-new-wind-farm-near-bute-1-3126905