Mountaineers have called on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to ensure her government lives up to its promises by rejecting two controversial wind farm proposals in Sutherland. http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Mountaineers-ask-for-Scottish-Government-to-keep-to-keept-its-promises-by-rejecting-Sallachy-and-Glencassley-Wind-Farm-proposals-27112014.htm
YOUR report claiming renewables have now overtaken nuclear as Scotland’s main source of electricity (“Steps on road to cutting reliance on fossil fuels”, The Herald, November 27) fails to differentiate between the concepts of energy and power. While the total Read more
A planning application for eight wind turbines at 100m high at Larbrax, Leswalt has been withdrawn. As reported in the Galloway Gazette last week, PNE Wind UK Ltd intend to develop the site eight kilometres north of Portpatrick and eight Read more
Written by Pete Bevington The final legal battle over the future of Shetland’s planned 103 turbine Viking Energy wind farm has been provisionally set for 18 December. Anti-Viking campaign group Sustainable Shetland agreed unanimously at a meeting on Tuesday to Read more
By Neil Macphail Western Isles planners have controversially approved erecting a wind turbine 30 miles from a military radar base despite a history of being taken to court by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Council chief executive Malcolm Burr warned Read more
The future of a national windfarm project off the Angus coastline has been thrown into doubt with the approval of a rival solar panel park. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/windfarm-plan-thrown-into-doubt-by-solar-panel-park-plan-for-angus-1.703851
The developers behind a planned wind farm off the south coast should pay businesses adversely affected £1bn in compensation, an authority has claimed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-30214453
AN EXTENSION to a windfarm near New Cumnock will go before East Ayrshire Council’s Planning Committee on Friday morning. http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/11/27/517255-turbine-plan-offers-mega-watt-cash/