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.
Ellen Thomas The largest tidal energy project in Europe can get under way after permission was granted for the first stage in the Pentland Firth. A demonstration project of up to six turbines will be built in the water between Orkney and the Scottish mainland. Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said: Read more
Windfarm developers will be given a cash incentive to build more turbines on Scottish islands. Ed Davey, the UK Energy Secretary, is to announce a higher subsidy for projects on Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles than on the mainland. He hopes the draft deal, which would be worth £115 Read more
by Craig Borland The man behind plans for three 74-metre wind turbines at Ascog Farm on Bute has criticised Argyll and Bute Council’s handling of his application. Adrian Tear has launched an appeal against the council’s decision in May to refuse his application for planning permission. In a written submission Read more
By Katie Pavid Giant wind turbines are to be transported through Dundee on the way to Aberdeen on oversized lorries. A new access road has had to be constructed at the top of Strips of Craigie to allow contractors to haul their huge load over the roundabout. The lorries will Read more
By Chris Bryant in Frankfurt In the idyllic southern Bavarian community of Wildpoldsried, 2,600 villagers are diligently playing their part in a bold experiment in German renewable energy generation, known as the Energiewende. The shift away from nuclear power and fossil fuels is Germany’s most complex undertaking since reunification two Read more
There are several possible responses to the climate change controversy, some reasonable and some not. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2420871/MAIL-ON-SUNDAY-COMMENT-These-climate-fanatics-cloud-debate.html
Global warming is just HALF what we said: World’s top climate scientists admit computers got the effects of greenhouse gases wrong http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2420783/Global-warming-just-HALF-said-Worlds-climate-scientists-admit-computers-got-effects-greenhouse-gases-wrong.html
THE owner of a five-star tourism business in an isolated Wester Ross peninsula has launched a scathing attack on plans to build a community-owned wind turbine which he says is an “absolute violation” of the landscape. http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/News/Ross-turbine-plans-an-absolute-violation-claims-Coigach-businessman-15092013.htm