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.
Residents fear a new extension to an electricity substation near Beauly could lead to a return of noise problems which affected them for years. Highland Council has given the go-ahead for an extension to the 132kv facility at Wester Balblair. SSEN Transmission says the work is needed due to the Read more
Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at the top of a wind turbine in Hull, with smoke being seen across the city. Pictures showed the gearbox section on fire, with the blades also affected. Eyewitnesses described seeing burning debris falling to the ground. The 410ft (125m) tall turbine is on Read more
Octopus has launched a new partnership with wind turbine manufacturer EWT to upgrade 1,000 old turbines of onshore wind farms. After identifying these turbines in England, Scotland and Wales, partners plan to increase their capacity. In the joint announcement, Octopus and EWT stated that the upgrade would mean these wind Read more
A SECONDARY grid connection will be needed for an offshore wind farm. SSE Renewables had already secured a grid connection at Branxton, near Torness, for the Berwick Bank Wind Farm. Now, following a holistic network design review of the British electricity network by National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO), a Read more
TRACEY Smith (Letters, July 25) mentions the hypocrisy of the Greens’ campaign to Save Loch Lomond from the Flamingoland development while at the same time supporting industrial wind farm development which destroys unspoilt rural areas. Would she really expect anything else? The SNP/Green wind farm-obsessed Government doesn’t even allow Read more
This just says it all. https://www.heraldscotland.com/…/20590411.woefully…/
Almost 40 per cent of Britain’s electricity was provided by renewable sources in 2021, making it the second highest year on record for clean power generation, the government has confirmed in its official annual energy statistics compendium. https://www.businessgreen.com/…/official-renewables..
I WISH to talk about gas and wind. This is not a gastric issue, though – OVO (formerly SSE) customers, who have been informed their electricity is 100 per cent green, will be interested to know that today (July 27) it is 75% powered by gas. South Scotland is Read more