Thank you Sweden!

SWEDISH MINISTER of Energy and Climate, Romina Pourmokthari says: Sweden has not had a stable and robust el-system (Sweden has c. 4400 wind turbines onshore), and in order to achieve that it is necessary that the energy supply is foreseeable. That is not achievable with energy forms such as wind Read more…

Scotsman letters

Blown away Dr Richard Dixon finishes his anti-nuclear rant by describing nuclear as “repeatedly failing to deliver” (15 March). Yet nuclear and gas consistently provide 58 per cent of our energy, while – if the wind blows – windmills can produce 29 per cent, but nearly nothing when it is Read more…

Herald letters

Incompetence on offshore wind ALAN Carmichael (Letters, March 15) challenges Douglas Cowe to “advance a credible case for continuing to entrust our abundance of assets to Westminster”. Well, the case is perhaps made by looking at our track record of managing those assets which are under our control. Has Mr Read more…

Scotsman letters

Dirty secret Sir David Attenborough tells us that “nature is in crisis” (Scotsman, 13 March) and wildlife charities, including the RSPB, have joined together to warn us that wildlife and wild places are being “destroyed at terrifying speed” . We know wind farms both on and offshore play their part Read more…