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The hero of Coca-Cola’s new Christmas TV commercial is not Father Christmas or a Snowman or a cuddly toy come to life, but a rugged lightly-bearded offshore wind technician. The two-and-a-half-minute almost-wordless tearjerker, directed by Oscar-winning actor-writer-director Taika Waititi, tells the heroic travails of the renewables worker and his attempts Read more
“One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms” could be created off East Lothian’s coast, containing nearly 250 wind turbines which could power every home in Scotland. Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm would be created more than 50 kilometres off the county coastline in the Firth of Forth. If consented Read more
Community Windpower has filed a planning application for the 75-turbine, 525MW Scoop Hill wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The plans will see 22 turbines up to 250 metres high, which would be the tallest in Scotland, as well as two 225-metre machines, 47 at 200 metres and four Read more
Plans to designate an area of Galloway’s coastal waters as a possible site for wind turbines have been sunk. The Scottish Government had included an area south of Luce Bay in its draft sectoral marine plan as having wind energy potential. The zone was one of 16 “draft plan options” Read more
“No development shall commence on site until the [Viking Energy] partnership has provided documentary evidence that the proposed bond or other financial provision in is place and written confirmation has been given by the planning authority [Shetland Islands Council] that the proposed bond or other financial provision is satisfactory.” Agreement Read more
The Scottish Government’s disdain for local manufacturing was evident again yesterday (your report, November 11). Its reaction to the reduction of capacity at the Grangemouth oil refinery, with the loss of 200 jobs, was almost welcoming. The Infrastructure Secretary, Michael Matheson, expressed textbook concern for those being made redundant but Read more
They oppose “ecological destruction” of the scenic area A public local inquiry (PLI) into the proposed Glenshero Wind Farm in the Monadhliath Mountains has started. Along with NatureScot (SNH), Highland Council, Cairngorms National Park Authority, Mountaineering Scotland and Wild Land Ltd. the John Muir Trust will be giving evidence against Read more
SAS was approached yesterday by That’s TV asking for an interview based on the excellent article in The National newspaper. https://www.thenational.scot/…/18858893.wind-farms…/… It highlighted the concerns of residents over the increasing number of wind farms in the SW of Scotland. In particular, That’s TV were keen to learn more about the Read more