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Mining company Hargreaves has been accused of cherry-picking the best bit of Fife’s opencast mines. Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie made the claim after it was announced that the company had opted out of buying Blair House mine near Oakley even though it had purchased three other interests in Read more
TWO wind turbines the height of Dunfermline’s clock tower are planned for a Cairneyhill farm. Edinburgh-based Fine Energy has applied for permission for the 34.6-metre (113ft) turbines, as well as an access track and associated infrastructure, to be built at Remiltoun Farmhouse at Sunnyside http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/07/08/463498-two-wind-turbines-the-height-of-dunfermline-city-clock-planned-for-cairneyhill/
Ms Thorburn, of Wind Prospect (Advertiser, June 27), claims that 71% of Scotland is in favour of wind farms. She should surely be more sceptical that means anything at all. Having claimed that a majority of Midlothian supported their proposal based on a telephone poll, within six weeks 1080 people Read more
Repower said the closure of its offices in Aarhus were part of a global programme to adjust “site structure as well as our logistics and our number of personnel”. In April, the company announced it was to cut around 750 jobs globally and reduce costs by EUR100 million by the Read more
It was the moment for green energy to shine as the biggest offshore wind farm in the world, 12 miles off the Kent coast, opened with a high profile fanfare. But as renewable energy chiefs raised a glass in celebration, Prime Minster David Cameron – while rejoicing the London Array Read more
Scotland’s wind farms are getting £19,000 in subsidies every hour, according to latest figures. Since power subsidies were introduced in 2002, developers have been given £1.84billion, with household energy bills soaring to pay for it. The figure i ncludes grossly inflated payments for energy fed into the National Grid, while Read more
THE United Kingdom would have the government of an independent Scotland “over a barrel” on renewable energy, a senior Coalition source has insisted. Up until now, Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has insisted the UK would have to rely on Scottish renewables to not only meets its green targets but Read more
For a site symbolising a future that will either poison our countryside or bring us unlimited amounts of cheap, pollution-free energy, Elswick is a distinctly underwhelming destination for a visit. The gas-power station, owned by the UK drilling company Cuadrilla, lies in the Fylde area of Lancashire and consists of Read more