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.
Onshore wind turbines are providing an “alarming” threat to Scotland’s endangered birds of prey, new research has warned. Some 33 raptors, including ospreys, golden eagles and peregrine falcons, have been killed as a result of collisions with onshore wind turbines in Scotland since 2019. NatureScot, which compiles the records, confirmed Read more
Wind farm fears as SNP ministers admit they don’t monitor ‘toxic’ leading edge erosion Energy minister Michael Matheson also admitted that no wind farm operators have been fined for failing to maintain their turbines and there is no scheme in place to monitor microplastic pollution A Scots Tory MSP has Read more
Two nuclear power stations crucial to keeping Britain’s lights on risk being closed next year as a result of Jeremy Hunt’s windfall tax, their French owner warns today. EDF, which operates all five of the country’s serving nuclear plants, said the Chancellor’s raid on power producers will make it harder Read more
With the approach of SAS’s 10th anniversary in January, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our members, old and new, for their continued support. 2022 has been our busiest year so far with an average of 55 new members joining us every month. This comes as no Read more
Harland & Wolff has terminated its contract with Saipem for the supply of four wind turbine jackets for a major Scottish offshore wind project, claiming cost escalation and delays have made the work “sub-economic.” The engineering group was due to deliver four huge wind turbine foundations – known as jackets Read more
Energy giant SSE has lodged plans to build one of the world’s biggest wind farms off the Fife coast. The Berwick Bank development in the outer Firth of Forth would provide power to more than five million homes. And it comes with the potential to create 6,000 full time equivalent Read more
The price of offshore wind has plummeted. Now, the government expects it to fall further – so much further that they think offshore windfarms can produce energy at lower prices than onshore windfarms. That may reflect the cost of trying to develop an onshore windfarm when the UK government has Read more
A major investor in UK wind energy plans to take the government to court over its “smash and grab raid” on renewables generators. Community Windpower has told ministers it will sue in an effort to block the new electricity generator levy (EGL), due to come into force on January 1. Read more