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An official Government report into renewable energy will reveal for the first time how wind farms affect rural house prices. http://news.sky.com/story/1132251/wind-farm-report-into-house-price-blight

A SCOTTISH developer has teamed up with energy firm Xzeres Wind Europe to provide turbines to farmers, crofters and landowners at no cost, with free electricity and a share of revenue income. http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/renewables/scottish-firm-offering-farmers-free-turbines/58240.article

Plans for a windfarm between Twynholm and Kirkcudbright have been scaled down. Banks Renewables had originally wanted to build 10 turbines on the site at Knockendurrick. But after a series of public meetings, they have cut that number to seven. The firm’s development director, Colin Anderson, said: “The design of Read more

Belford residents have highlighted the impact wind turbine construction traffic could have on their village by staging a sizable protest. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/belford-burn-protest-takes-unusual-shape-1-3055350

Plans are being prepared for a pair of 80-metre tall wind turbines on land just south of the border. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/farming/wind-turbines-plan-for-marshall-meadows-farm-1-3055373

E.ON , Germany’s largest gas, electric and water utilities, has threatened to relocate to Turkey if the continues to prevent the profitability of its nuclear and fossil-fired power plants, according to AFP reports. http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/08/19/german-utility-revolts-against-renewable-energy-threatens-to-relocate-in-turkey/

A new drama will use mobile phone footage and amateur actors to show what might happen if the lights went out in Britain. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/what-happens-if-the-lights-go-out-channel-4-drama-blackout-imagines-a-post-cyberattack-britain-8779207.html?origin=internalSearch

The PM has thrown his support behind shale gas at the expense of the green economy, and investors are taking notice http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/21/david-cameron-fracking-green-investors