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.
‘Bombs’ are designed to store and quickly release copious amounts of energy, so are the mega-batteries said to save wind and solar from their hopeless intermittency. The notion is that giant lithium-ion batteries will quell the power delivery chaos that comes with attempting to rely wholly weather-dependent wind power and Read more
OPINION OF THE COURT delivered by LORD MENZIES in the petition of ENERGIEKONTOR UK LTD Petitioner and Respondent against (FIRST) ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence First Respondent and (THIRD) CWL ENERGY LTD https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2021csih40.pdf?sfvrsn=4f366500_1
As most of you probably already know, Caithness Windfarm Information Forum (CWIF) has maintained a list of wind turbine accidents and incidents since 2006. Their accident data is updated quarterly and has been received very well world-wide. Sadly, they are no longer in a position to keep up the website. Read more
A renewable energy company has been given the go-ahead for a new wind farm in Caithness after its appeal to the Scottish Government was upheld. The decision clears the way for RWE Renewables to install up to 11 turbines at its Camster II Wind Farm development on land some 2000 Read more
A Caithness councillor has accused a renewable energy trade body of making “lazy, complacent and arrogant” claims over the level of public approval for wind turbines. Councillor Matthew Reiss said the assertion by RenewableUK that 70 per cent of people support building onshore wind farms “is not the truth, the Read more
PLANNING RULES FORGET PEOPLE AS Celia Hobbs (Letters, July 26) correctly points out, “forget your designations and listings” as regards wind farm planning applications in Scotland, they don’t count for much. Also apparently included in Scottish Government decision makers’ “list of things to forget” is people, particularly those who live Read more
Camster Il Wind Farm, Land 2000M Nw Of Tannach Hill Tannach, Wick, KW1 Erection Of Up To 11 Wind Turbines Maximum Tip Height Of 126.5M With Associated Infrastructure Case Update – 28/07/2021** The decision on this case has been issued. The case has been allowed, and consent has been granted. Read more
Rare ringed plovers were found nesting at the bottom of a wind turbine at a wind farm. Bird experts, who were working as part of a conservation programme, came across two nests while on site in the Central Belt. The short-legged wading bird can usually be found nesting on the Read more