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Mike Hulme – and early thorn in the side of the wind industry – has died. Hulme rose to fame as a quiet determined voice of objection pitted against the idealistic Den Brook turbine developer Rachel Ruffles in a TV documentary. The documentary showed planners weighing up the arguments for Read more
It is undoubtedly no coincidence that Renewables UK chose this week to release the result of their survey showing support for onshore wind farms. They obviously got “wind” (pardon the pun), of Scotland Against Spin’s current petition to the Scottish Parliament seeking to “increase the ability of communities to Read more
The UK public want renewables to be at the top of government’s plans for green growth, according to a YouGov poll for RenewableUK. YouGov asked a weighted sample of 1700 people to rank the 10 key areas outlined in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Read more
Plans to build two 100m-tall wind turbines half a kilometre from Boghead have been thrown out by South Lanarkshire Council. More than 40 people had objected to the plans by HBY2 Ltd, with concerns that the development could have a “dominant and overbearing presence” on the village. Councillors unanimously agreed Read more
Some helpful tips. Thank you very much to the Author. A precognition is a paper setting out your evidence. In most other jurisdictions it’s called a statement. 1 Planning your message. Before you start your formal document, make some informal notes: What? – the key message you want to get Read more
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Wind turbine maker Vestas unveiled new technology on Monday which it says enables wind turbine blades to be fully recycled, avoiding the dumping of old blades. Turbine blades are set to account for 43 million tonnes of waste in 2050, according to a 2017 University of Cambridge Read more
An overseas renewable energy group is looking for a financial partner to help it take forward ambitious plans for a £1.2 billion floating wind farm in Scotland. Spanish-Japanese renewable energy group Univergy International is looking to develop the project – named Scotia Ventus – off the north-east coast. The group Read more
Some of you who have been fighting wind farms for a while, will remember the debate we had in Holyrood in 2011. The Report can be accessed here starting on page 74. https://www.parliament.scot/…/CustomM…/OfficialReport… You’ll see plenty of well known names from the past including Annabel Goldie and Graeme Pearson. Read more