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PROPOSALS to build two 80-metre wind turbines at Alvah – which attracted more than 200 objections – have been refused by Aberdeenshire Council. http://www.banffshire-journal.co.uk/News/Wind-turbine-plans-rejected-by-council-09092013.htm
A Dunbar councillor has written to the Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals after an application for a community wind turbine near the town was appealed to the Scottish Government. Councillor Michael Veitch, depute leader of East Lothian Council, is unhappy about Dunbar Community Energy Company’s decision to pursue its Read more
The Scottish Government has backed Midlothian Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a wind farm at Fala Moor. In a verdict announced last Thursday (August 29), Richard E Bowden, a Reporter appointed by the Scottish Ministers, dismissed an appeal against the original decision. Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) had expressed Read more
An appeal by energy company RidgeWind Ltd to build a windfarm near Heriot has been thrown out by the Government Reporter. The company applied to Scottish Borders Council in January, 2012, to site the 115-metre high turbines on land at Gilston Farm. Permission was refused by planning committee members in Read more
Tony Abbott’s smashing election victory in Australia the other day was due in large part to his opposition to Australia’s hated carbon tax (ahem–is Greg Mankiw paying attention?), but over here the climate campaign’s reaction to this news is to tune in the cricket symphony. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/09/australias-u-turn-is-germany-next.php
Magnus Gardham Political Editor THE head of trade association Scottish Renewables has launched an attack on the Scottish Conservatives over the party’s opposition to expanding wind power. Niall Stuart accused the party of being “at war” with wind power, peddling “myths” about its cost, contradicting Conservative policy at Westminster Read more
5 Sep 2013: New investments worth almost £220m reflect renewed interest by asset managers and funds in low-carbon power – but some fear popular backlash suffered by windfarms http://www.theguardian.com/environment/energy
Europe’s industry is being ravaged by exorbitant energy costs and an over-valued euro, blighting efforts to reverse years of global manufacturing decline. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/10295045/Brussels-fears-European-industrial-massacre-sparked-by-energy-costs.html