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.
A CAITHNESS wind farm’s operational life looks set to double to 50 years after a planning application was recommended for approval. The owners of Wathegar Wind Farm near Bilbster have sought to vary the existing planning permission for the five turbine site. It currently has permission to operate turbines at Read more
Having enough money to cover all one’s expenses is “living within your means”. Individuals and countries should apply similar principles to the whole range of their activities.. Scotland has an aging population but not have enough young people to look after the elderly, the tourists who visit, nor to harvest Read more
Households living near big new power lines should receive lump sum compensation payments to smooth the way for a massive upgrade of Britain’s electricity grid, the government’s independent adviser has said. Communities affected by new pylons and cables required to hit climate goals should also share in “generous” benefits packages Read more
SAS’s Group Expert Rachel Connor was interviewed on Times Radio at 8.10am. You can listen to the recording from 02:10 onwards https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/show/20230805-15916/2023-08-05?fbclid=IwAR3N5_h5oAyNzHP7HXXhc9EBT7A3obT_noc79AeerdenYir9ejVoVd_I5MM
Households should be given cash if they live in the path of new electricity pylon projects, a government-commissioned report says. The proposal is among several on getting infrastructure built quicker as Britain races to get its grid ready for new renewable sources of energy. Key is a fast-track planning system Read more
Cloudy crystal ball Fifty years ago, who would have thought that in Britain today a government taken over by forces peddling a dubious climate theory that it would have rejected upon proper investigation, would now be closing the last of the coal-fired and nuclear power stations that produce electricity Read more
We were just sharing the videos and pictures which I posted recently of the Aviation lights at Neilston Wind Farm taken from our bedroom window and remembered that many new members of Scotland Against Spin would not have seen the video made of the Middleton Aviation lights which are also Read more
What is standing in the way of offshore wind is not just escalating costs but, says Scottish Renewables, “government decision-making”. Fears have been rising over threats to Scotland’s offshore wind industry after Swedish state energy giant, Vattenfall, pulled the plug on a major UK project in the North Sea off Read more