Moving forward with the proposals for Hill of Braco Windfarm on the outskirts of Hatton, PNE Wind UK has confirmed that it will be removing the meteorological mast at the site as enough data has been gathered to support its Read more…
SCOTTISH Borders Council is again at the centre of an alleged breach of the code of conduct which governs its elected members http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/07/26/465778-new-watchdog-probes-borders-councillors-over-wind-farm-voting/
The rock stars’ girl, some VERY angry mums and the great fracking war: How the campaign to stop drilling for gas in English countryside is growing Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2378363/Fracking-The-rock-stars-girl-VERY-angry-mums-great-gas-drilling-war.html#ixzz2a8fKx7QM Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2378363/Fracking-The-rock-stars-girl-VERY-angry-mums-great-gas-drilling-war.html#ixzz2a7vSw6HA
David Ross Highland Correspondent ELECTRICITY is flowing through the first 30 miles of a highly controversial transmission line for the first time, three years after it was approved and after almost a decade of bitter debate. ENERGY: A workman at Read more…
David Ross Highland Correspondent PLANS by ministers to ensure sustainable use of the seas around Scotland have been welcomed by environmentalists but the RSPB still has concerns. This week it published figures of decline among some seabird populations of up Read more…
Coal made up well over one-third of the UK’s electricity generation in 2012, as cheap supplies and the collapse in the price of carbon permits sent generators rushing back to their ageing coal-fired power stations and set greenhouse gas emissions Read more…
English-based friends and associates of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who objected to plans for a wind turbine near her former Scottish home, have been dismissed as “King’s Road aristocrats” by a local councillor in favour of the scheme. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10201856/Councillor-dismisses-Kings-Road-artistrocrats-objecting-to-wind-farm-near-Queen-Mothers-castle.html
German coal-fired power plants have been operating in full swing in the first half of 2013. Lignite and hard coal power plants and gas plants produced 12.4 percent more power than last year. In contrast, wind turbines and solar panels Read more…