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Dear sir, Good luck to Kate Forbes MSP in her role as ‘ambassador’ for ‘green’ Highlands (Press and Journal June 9th). Her task to protect the environment, biodiversity and the ‘Nature Crisis’ could take some doing, particularly as her own SNP colleagues repeatedly rubber stamp wind farm applications Read more
The entire western world has enumerated and adopted gigantic development targets with this unproven technology, and that without having a scientific basis for the overall scope of consequences for HSE (health, safety and environment). It is almost unbelievable, and we know of no other industry that have been allowed such Read more
LONDON 15 June– Britain wasted enough wind generation last year to power a million homes, because investments in, and planning approvals for electricity grid upgrades are not keeping up with the rapid growth of wind power development – finds a report published today by the financial think tank Carbon Tracker. Read more
Indefensible The proposal to remove gas boilers from domestic heating is simply indefensible. We have already been warned our electricity supply will struggle to meet demand next winter, with the particular threat of still air from a high pressure system rendering wind farms redundant. Gas is a clean, efficient Read more
WIND turbines could become the “dominant feature” of the Ochil Hills if a new development is given the green light, it has been argued. Concerns have been raised over proposals to install more wind turbines in the Ochils a few kilometres up from Alva. With a blade length of up Read more
Britain has started burning coal to generate electricity for the first time in a month and a half, after the heatwave made solar panels too hot to work efficiently. One unit at Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power plant in Nottinghamshirestarted producing electricity for the first time in weeks on Monday morning, Read more
A wind farm which will help power the production of Irn-Bru has been officially opened. A total of 22GWh per year from the South Kyle site will go to AG Barr facilities – including its factory in Cumbernauld. The company signed a contract in 2020 with developer Vattenfall for 100% Read more
Scottish Borders Council’s planning section has received an application for the erection of wind turbines up to 149.9m to tip, two permanent switchgear housing units, a temporary access track, underground cabling and temporary crane on land north of Wedderlie House in Gordon. HES was consulted over the plans and has Read more