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First Minister John Swinney will take inspiration from one of the SNP’s most famous political slogans when he launches a new campaign aimed at convincing Scots that independence will reduce their electricity bills by a third. The First Minister will use a speech in Glasgow today to declare “It’s Scotland’s Read more
IT was presented as an information event to update Highland residents on imminent work on an 80km underground renewable energy transmission line from Dundonnell passing near the village of Contin to Fanellan in the Beauly area. But it turned into one in which audience members bombarded the project organiser with Read more
THERE HAS been “an exceptionally high” public interest in the proposed development of the Giant’s Burn Wind Farm north-west of Dunoon. More than 500 objections have already been recorded and published on the Energy Concerns Unit (ECU) website. This week Dunoon Councillor William Sinclair can reveal a further 443 objections Read more
LOCALS have been left angry after a controversial energy hub next to their village, which is bigger than the settlement, was granted planning permission. The 400kv Banniskirk Hub substation and high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station are seen as an essential part of the National Grid by the Scottish Government, Read more
Campaigners are demanding an immediate moratorium on new battery storage developments, as a new report found projects already proposed could provide four times more electricity storage than will be needed by the end of this decade. The demand came as Dr Kate Jones, director of the charity Action to Protect Read more
Do you remember when “green” and “small is beautiful” went together? When “green” meant de-industrialisation and living on a croft with a cow and a goat? No longer! https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/from-wild-to-wind-farm-an-eyewitness-to-the-transformation-420849/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOcKpRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeU2bFoZVdHMXThygVBxYh5Q0RB68xr-00LoLza2ADdDzviXwNkYPljdMg3AQ_aem_cLfpYj_420XaD5Cr6qlG0Q
Shetland’s fishermen fear they could be pushed off key grounds unless stronger policies are created for new energy projects. The waters around Shetland produce just over a third of Scotland’s catch and are worth more than £400 million annually. A report by the industry body warns that proposed offshore wind Read more
Scotsman letters The oil and gas sector has warned it will be “taxed to death within five years” (your report, 27 November). Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the Energy Profits Levy will remain in place until 2030. Does she from her Green Ivory Tower not realise the everyday things which Read more