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A leading charity has expressed concerns about the potentially devastating impact of ScotWind on Scotland’s seabirds. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland says the scale of new offshore wind farms could “accelerate some seabird species towards extinction” unless there’s major action. According to the Read more
Fishers have reacted with concern to the ScotWind announcement of 17 lease options to develop Scottish offshore wind farms. Responding to Crown Estate Scotland (CES)’s big reveal, when it named the projects in line to deliver a sea change in offshore renewable energy output, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) warned Read more
The following article was written by John Campbell QC by way of an explanation of the Easter Tolmauds court decision which we posted last week. It is attached again for those who missed it. In compliance with its statutory duty following complaints, a Local Authority issued an Abatement Notice under Read more
BP, Shell and SSE Renewables have been selected to build the next generation of Scottish offshore wind farms. Crown Estate Scotland has today announced the outcome of its application process for ScotWind leasing. A total of 17 projects have been selected out of a total of 74 applications, and have Read more
Giant killers I note Graham Bruce’s excellent “sleeping giants” letter of 13 January. Garvary Wind Farm’s 37 turbines will indeed stop his wonderful view of golden eagles and ospreys. Just of late we had a spectacular view of the white tailed sea eagle majestically flying up the Kyle of Sutherland. Read more
Winning bids are to be revealed for swathes of seabed in the outer firths of Tay and Forth for the development of new wind farms capable of powering hundreds of thousands of homes. Large chunks of the sea bed off the coast of Angus and Fife are up for grabs, Read more
A WARNING has been given that blaming calm weather for reduced power generation from wind farms could hamper investment in renewable energy. A summer of low wind has led to opponents of wind farms to claim they are ineffective and expensive but experts believe poor performance may be due to Read more
If we must burn, let’s burn British Ed Conway provides an excellent analysis of the fossil fuel energy we will need if we are to “go green”, but there was one point he did not make explicitly: if we need fuels to make the constituents of wind turbines and Read more