Scott Wright Group business correspondent INFINIS Energy, the renewable company chaired by former SSE boss Ian Marchant, has lifted operating profits by nearly one third and paid its first interim dividend in the six months ended September 30. The first-half Read more
I WAS recently informed by a charity worker, who delivers food to the needy in Scotland, that more and more people who come to them are having to request items that do not require cooking or hot water to prepare Read more
Mike Wade Alex Salmond’s vision of a Scotland powered entirely by renewable energy by 2020 has been dismissed as “nonsense” by one of the UK’s leading energy economists. In an interview with The Times Dieter Helm, professor of energy policy Read more
Anti-wind farm campaigners are gearing up to fight plans for another batch of turbines near Loch Ness. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/68835/loch-ness-wind-farm-fierce-opposition/
A homeowner near the north-east village of New Deer was left bewildered yesterday after a wind turbine has crashed to the ground through the night. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/401329/wind-turbine-topples-over-near-new-deer/
John Bynorth Crofters on Skye have backed plans for a £55 million, 14-turbine wind farm to be built in partnership with the community. The Glen Ullinish Wind Farm on Government-owned land between Ose and Struan at Allt Dughaill will be Read more
Wind industry says it now record numbers of people employed in the UK – but critics say the subsidy bill has risen even faster By Emily Gosden Wind farm developers receive more than £115,000 in subsidy for every person they Read more
Almost 180 objections have been lodged against an appeal for a wind farm which would be visible by many residents across Wigtown Bay. The mast, set for land on Kirkdale Hill, Carsluith was a precursor to the planned seven-turbine California Read more