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Renewable Energy Systems (RES), the company responsible for building the first commercial wind farm in Berwickshire, has sold 14 of their wind farms to a new investment company. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/investing-in-wind-power-1-3122017
Tycoon Donald Trump has made a fresh attempt to block plans for a windfarm in Aberdeen Bay following Lady Clark’s landmark ruling. https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/10/04/trump-turns-up-the-legal-heat/
George Osborne is expected to reject the recommendations of the Government’s independent advisers on climate change by slowing its drive to tackle global warming. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-osborne-to-slow-drive-to-tackle-global-warming-8859759.html
Windfarms in Tayside, Fife and Forth Valley could be ruled illegal following a landmark ruling, according to anti-turbine campaigners. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/ruling-blow-for-windfarms-1.138462
The Government’s volte-face over the Planning and Energy Act shows how times have changed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/10356368/Green-dreams-that-have-been-blown-away.html
A RENEWABLE energy firm’s appeal in support of a wind farm near Alemoor Loch, south west of Selkirk, will not be determined until at least next year. – http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/10/04/473715-delay-in-barrel-hill-wind-farm-appeal/
THE latest wind farm proposal in Ross-shire will be revealed at a series of public exhibitions later this month. A development of up to six turbines is being proposed by ABO Wind UK Ltd at Woodlands Farm near Dingwall on rough grazing land behind the Cnoc a’ Bhreacaich hill. http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/News/Plans-for-new-Dingwall-wind-farm-to-be-revealed-30092013.htm
The technology simply can’t compete, except for nuclear, of course By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor | Dec 18, 2012, 10:25 am EDT I visited with an old friend recently. He happens to be an electrical and materials engineer who served on a nuclear submarine in the Navy. So he Read more