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Plans have been lodged with the Scottish Government for a 12-turbine wind farm near Westerdale. If the proposed Tormsdale Wind Farm goes ahead it will add to an existing cluster of 52 turbines in the surrounding area. The development, some 1500 metres south of Westerdale bridge, is being managed by Read more
A report commissioned by the Norwegian government has contradicted Boris Johnson’s recent claim in Parliament that offshore wind costs have fallen by 70% in a decade. The report confirms that the UK’s newest offshore wind farms remain high-cost operations. Indeed, the academics who produced the report have said the forthcoming Dogger Bank wind farms will be Read more
A project that is claimed to be the first in the UK to be built to recycle wind turbine blades has been given the green light after receiving government funding. The project is set to commercialise technology developed by the University of Strathclyde to separate the glass-fibre and resin components Read more
A windfarm near Glasgow will soon become home to a state-of-the-art hydrogen storage facility which could eventually produce enough clean energy to help power the next generation of public transport. Nearly £10 million in taxpayers’ cash has been awarded to the project, based at the Whitelee Windfarm, near Eaglesham, East Read more
Concerns over ‘the ring of steel’ forming round the Cairngorms National Park have one again been aired but planning committee members have said they are powerless to do much about it. Renewable Energy Systems (Ltd) is seeking consent for 16 turbines with a maximum height of 149.9m to the tip Read more
Scotsman letters The closure of Cockenzie Power Station in East Lothian in 2013 is a distant memory for some but it still holds an important lesson for the oil and gas industry. COP26 was full of cheap talk on the need for a great green transition from fossil fuels to Read more
NEW artist impressions of Scoop Hill windfarm released by campaigners have been labelled as ‘misinformation’. Save Our Hills Moffat (SOHM) have created their own artist impressions of the visibility of turbines from the town based on designs and documents released by Community Windpower Limited (CWL). The group is planning to Read more
Power company SSE Renewables has been accused of leaving a Sutherland road like a “patchwork quilt” after it was used for months by wind farm construction traffic. Brora cyclist Sandy Crawford claimed that over 60 per cent of the areas damaged on the single-track Strath Brora road by Gordonbush Extension Read more