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.
Blown away Dr Mark Aitkehnead seems to be grasping at straws with his wind turbine CO2 emission calculations (Letters, 12 August). He does admit that the turbines are not always running at full capacity but the fact is they never are, 25 per cent is nearer the mark. That immediately Read more
Aileen Jackson asks an excellent question about windfarm development and damage to peat (Letters, 10 August). I had a quick look at the numbers for Whitelee Windfarm which sits partially in East Renfrewshire and has 2500 kilowatt turbines. Emissions from fossil fuels are around 0.25 kg of CO2 per kWh, Read more
New email address for submissions. A number of members alerted us to the fact that their submissions to our Petition had not been published on the Scottish Parliament website. Upon further investigation, we discovered that the Petitions Committee had been renamed on 30 June and their old email address (petitions@parliament.scot) Read more
Orsted and RWE, the world’s two largest offshore wind players, both suffered from lighter winds in the first half of the year, highlighting how profits in the booming industry remain tied to weather conditions. Denmark’s Orsted said wind speeds in the April-June period were “significantly lower than normal” and ranked Read more
SCOTLAND’S newest onshore wind farm has been officially opened in the Highlands 18-months on from construction first commencing. Cabinet secretary for net zero and energy, Michael Matheson, was on site at SSE Renewables Gordonbush Extension near Brora for the opening. It was constructed by the firm’s project delivery team in Read more
Next week sees the deadline for comments on Orkney Islands Council’s planning application for a major wind farm development on the small island of Faray. This will mean it is likely that all three of the planning applications under the council’s Community Wind Farm Project will soon be with the Read more
Mid Moile Wind Farm Pre Application ECU Reference: ECU00003308 Planning Authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council 21 x 230m turbines The nearest settlements are Cairnryan (1.5km south-west) and Stranraer (7km south). The surrounding landscape is scattered with farms and other rural dwellings. Glen App wind farm is located immediately north of Read more
http://shet.news This week I read in the local media that Shetland is to be The UK’s first “Green Energy Island” and that Orion is to receive £2.8 million towards its aspirations. Then I read infrastructure director John Smith describing this on behalf of the SIC, a partner in Orion as Read more