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Campaigners in the Highlands who have just successfully fought off one controversial windfarm are now warning about the devastating impact of another in the pipeline. No Ring of Steel (NoROS) helped persuade councillors that the eight-turbine Meall Buidhe was the wrong development for the area near Rosehall. That was despite Read more
A retired health and safety officer has outlined the horrific consequences should a “catastrophic failure” occur at a proposed hydrogen production hub at a Sutherland wind farm. A risk assessment prepared by David Perry of Knockarthur, claims there could be a fall-out of “friable material” of up to 4km, a Read more
MORE than 2000 green jobs could have been created in Scotland through onshore wind farms but the UK Government prioritised nuclear power instead, a report has said. The Green Alliance, an independent think tank, said that if the UK Government had focused its energy strategy on wind and renewables then Read more
Britain risks becoming in thrall to Beijing due to its growing reliance on renewable energy, a new Lords report has warned. A House of Lords committee warned that Britain is becoming too dependent on China for the supply of rare earth elements used to manufacture wind turbines and components for Read more
…. and from our man in Kintyre this morning. As the song goes, two out of three ain’t bad …. unless you are a wind turbine! Blade fell off ….. this is at Duecheran Hill, where you can walk the Kintyre Way or indeed enjoy the delights of MTB’ing. Turbines Read more
Rishi Sunak pledges not to build more onshore wind farms “Wind energy will be an important part of our strategy, but I want to reassure communities that as prime minister I would scrap plans to relax the ban on onshore wind in England, instead focusing on building more turbines offshore,” Read more
The latest edition of National Grid ESO’s Future Energy Scenarios report was released this week, setting out the energy system operator’s detailed vision for how the net zero transition could accelerate https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4053329/story-britains-energy-transition-unfold-told-charts
The Scottish Government’s Bulletin of Scottish Independence featured a large picture of an English wind farm on the front page by mistake, and it was underlined. Last month, the first minister presented the first of a series of papers she said would present and discuss the issue of Scottish independence. Read more