A Sutherland bed and breakfast operator has issued a passionate “please don’t” plea to Scottish Government ministers who are considering a wind farm proposal on her doorstep. Other business people in the area echoed the call this week as word Read more
Plans for a £36 million windfarm in the hills behind Greenock have been blown off course after councillors threw them out. Hot air spread through the council chambers yesterday as councillors spent an hour debating 2020 Renewables’ plans to build Read more
Angus Glen residents have confirmed their opposition to plans recently submitted to build 14 wind turbines at Saddlehill. Wind Prospects, a wind farm developer, has submitted plans to site the 199 metre turbines in an area sometimes called Saddlehill and Read more
By Press Association The number of public objections to large-scale wind farms has more than doubled in the last year, according to figures from the Scottish Conservatives. A parliamentary question from Murdo Fraser found that there have been 5,942 complaints Read more
A group formed to protect the beauty of Wigtown Bay and oppose a proposed Ecotricity wind farm has criticised comments by the boss of the company this week. http://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/group-hits-out-at-wigtown-bay-plans-1-3623791
An Angus turbine at the centre of a wildcat conservation row will be fully installed and generating before Christmas. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/glen-isla-wind-turbine-at-centre-of-wildcat-row-almost-ready-to-spin-1.721115
A Sutherland bed and breakfast operator has issued a passionate “please don’t” plea to Scottish Government ministers who are considering a wind farm proposal on her doorstep. http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Local-BB-operator-asks-ministers-not-to-give-green-light-to-wind-farm-at-West-Garty-05122014.htm
With wind farms very much in the news and turbines clearly visible from the Skegness seafront and fracking never far from the headlines, energy was another key topic up for debate. http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/special-report-any-questions-show-spotlight-falls-on-renewable-energy-sources-1-6457878