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.
Energy white paper setting out how the UK will clean up its energy system and reach net zero emissions by 2050. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-white-paper-powering-our-net-zero-future
Reminder for everyone interested in the Clauchrie Windfarm in South Ayrshire (18 Turbines With An Overall Generating Capacity In The Region Of 100 Mw; http://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=121198) – the pre Inquiry meeting will be webcast and starts this morning at 10am. https://dpea.public-i.tv/…/webcast_interactive/535440
We are in contact with Glasgow-based digital and creative agency, Bright Signals. Through the Innovate UK COVID funding competition that they won, OpenPlans was created. We think it would be a useful tool. It could be used to support any planning & public consultation projects that you are working on. Read more
Administrators have been formally appointed to take control of the insolvent renewables manufacturer run from Canada seen as a key part of the future of Scotland’s wind farm revolution. Deloitte will now take control of the affairs of Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) which collapsed after the Scottish Government did a u-turn Read more
Planning permission has been granted by the Scottish Government for another six turbines a couple of miles from Upper Knockando Paul’s Hill II is an extension of the nearby Paul’s Hill windfarm, which contains 28 turbines and has been operated by Fred Olsen Renewables since 2006. With construction anticipated to Read more
THREE giant wind turbines, each the height of Salisbury Cathedral, will be built close to the Three Towns after councillors approved the proposal. Councillors approved a change in height of the turbines at a council local review body meeting last week. The three wind turbines will be placed at Sorbie Read more
Politicians are parroting familiar fantasy that when taxpayers’ money is invested in renewables, jobs in the UK will automatically follow GMB, the energy union, says the Government’s green jobs boom is ‘nothing but hot air’ unless the UK has the facilities to make the estimated 2,700 wind turbines needed. In Read more
IAIN Macwhirter is correct to point out the scandal of promised wind energy jobs going abroad (“Loss of BiFab is a national disgrace as promised green jobs go abroad”, December 6). A decade ago the Scottish Government published the document “Scotland’s Offshore Wind Route Map” which estimated that there would Read more