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.
Anyone can object to a planning application. All comments will be considered, but only comments which raise material planning considerations can be taken into account when an application is decided. Objections may not always result in planning permission being refused, because there are other factors such as the planning policies Read more
Champions of the renewables energy industry have poured cold water on hopes of a boom in windfarm developments off Scotland after an international giant pulled the plug on a flagship UK project. Sweden’s Vattenfall said it had decided to stop the development of the Norfolk Boreas windfarm in a move Read more
Lyndsey Ward tells it as it is (“Rural citizens flung under Big Energy’s gravy train”, Letters, July 30). Many wind farms in Scotland are now due for decommissioning and/or repowering. Wind turbines are largely recyclable, but their huge blades are not, so what will happen to them? The number Read more
An expert has warned that Scottish plans for wind farms may have to be abandoned 100,000 future jobs in industry threatened by outdated funding methods, warns expert Ministers have been attacked for failing to update the way power projects are funded and risking Scotland’s potential for providing the energy supplies Read more
Ongoing “green levies” on UK utility bills, used to subsidise renewable energy, have lately been suspended across many major European economies. In Britain, though, taxes and network charges still account for 56pc of household electricity bills, compared to 40pc across the EU – this share simply must be brought down. Read more
Heat pump left us cold I READ with interest your article describing the transition to alternative heating solutions in order to reduce the impact of heating our homes on the environment. Whilst in principle I agree with the need to change to reduce our carbon footprint I thought it Read more
Petition PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms The Scotland Against Spin Public Petition will receive its seventh Hearing at the Scottish Parliament when MSPs return from Summer recess at the beginning of September. Thank you to all the Groups, Community Councils, Councillors, Read more
Lights streaming up the blades.