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Concerns have been raised about how seriously Shetland Charitable Trust is taking a health study into the impact of the planned Viking Energy wind farm. The trust commissioned the study in June last year as a pre-condition to releasing a further £6.3 million towards the 103 turbine project, in which Read more
By Tim Pauling THE Scottish Government’s wind-power drive was claimed to be in tatters today as it was revealed SNP targets for electricity generation and jobs will not be met. An investigation by the public sector watchdog Audit Scotland found that the economic downturn has taken the wind out of Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent SCOTLAND’S ambitious vision of meeting all demand for electricity with green energy by 2020 is being seriously undermined by the current economic climate and changes in UK energy policy, a watchdog has warned. The Scottish Government’s policy on renewables has also been stalled by private-sector caution Read more
A windfarm developer has appealed a decision by Perth and Kinross Council to refuse its application for a nine-wind turbine development it claims will bring £22.5 million of investment into Strathearn. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/strathearn-windfarm-developers-appeal-refusal-decision-1.129490
Scientists have had only limited success persuading us to care about climate change so perhaps it is time to call in the philosophers. That appears to be the approach of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has engaged a philosopher to help to produce its forthcoming report on how Read more
By Emily Gosden Offshore wind farms may not be built unless subsidies are increased, the government’s official climate change adviser has warned, in the latest blow to the Coalition’s energy policy. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has written to Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, to warn that “required investment Read more
Proposals to build two 80-metre wind turbines at Alvah – which attracted more than 200 objections – have been refused by Aberdeenshire Council. John McRobert of The Energy Workshop, Huddersfield, wanted to build the structures at Govel Hill, Stonieley, but the local authority refused planning permission as the application breached Read more
Six-week protest outside a potential fracking site in West Sussex village dealt a blow as eviction order is served http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/balcombe-protesters-to-be-evicted-as-ed-davey-contradicts-david-camerons-claim-that-fracking-boom-can-bring-down-energy-bills-8805483.html