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Scotsman letters Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right when she says we must continue to drill for oil in the North Sea. Modern civilisation depends on oil and gas production. Marine gas oil for all the ships at sea – container ships, warships, fishing boats, dredgers, tankers, crude carriers, Read more
OPPONENTS of plans for a new wind farm in Cowal are encouraging Inverclyde residents to make their voices heard on the proposals before it’s too late. The Save Cowal’s Hills campaign group (SCH) wants the developers behind the proposed Giant’s Burn wind farm to extend the deadline for representations on Read more
Both Labour and the SNP are super-keen on renewables, but while voters might still be persuaded about a rosy future for wind power, ministers in both parties would be mad to sneer at Trump’s words about North Sea oil and gas being a “treasure chest” for the UK. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/07/31/donald-trump-wind-farms-ed-miliband/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMg1sdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHp0b8VftSxuIvDTSG9drTj-CNBxKCGgHlDUrdZi3XLH9i76kF-nEq5GZHYZ4_aem_7DUaPg6aL_51KUepI-0d0Q
An urgent request has been made to extend the deadline for comments on the Giants Burn wind farm plan. The proposal would see seven turbines on a site near Dunoon and Sandbank, five with a blade tip height of 200 metres and two with 180-metre blades. It was formally submitted Read more
A British wind farm owned by France’s state energy company is being paid to throw away half of the power it generates. The Dorenell onshore wind farm in Scotland, owned by EDF, had 50pc of its output “curtailed” in 2024 because the UK’s national grid was too congested to accept Read more
A £100 MILLION project to build pylons for a proposed power line in the Highlands will see a Scottish firm take on dozens of new staff. Structural engineering company Had-Fab is creating 70 jobs as a direct result of work for SSEN Transmission for its planned Spittal to Beauly power Read more
Plans for one of Perthshire’s biggest solar farms have gone on public display. And a local councillor has become the first to make a public stand against it. If approved, the Dupplin Solar and BESS Farm could stretch to 195,000 solar panels on fields beside the A9 at Tibbermore. The Read more
“If we allow windfarms to continue to be built around the park, we’re going to put the Dark Sky status of the International Dark Sky Park at risk,” says Dark Sky ranger Matthew McFadzean. Sixteen years ago, Galloway Forest Park became home to the first International Dark Sky Park in Read more