By Kieran Beattie Revised plans for a controversial windfarm scheme have been tabled with Moray Council. Edinburgh-based green energy firm Vento Ludens has reduced the number of turbines in the Brown Muir proposals from 19 to 12. The changes follow Read more
Scaled back plans for the Allt Rubha windfarm have been submitted to Argyll and Bute Council by Eon. http://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/eon-submits-plans-for-scaled-back-windfarm/1067822#.VFOcmF5yapo
David Ross Highland Correspondent A leading conservation body has suffered a serious setback to its legal challenge of the Scottish Government’s decision to approve a large-scale wind farm without a public inquiry. The 67-turbine Stronelairg wind farm in the Monadhliath Read more
Keith Anderson says company’s East Anglia project is being scaled back and claims Government budget limits mean wind farms that do get built will be unnecessarily expensive By Emily Gosden, Energy Editor Several proposed offshore wind farms may be scrapped Read more
More than £81 billion worth of renewable energy projects are proposed by 2025, representing nearly half of all infrastructure spending in the UK, new figures reveal. The Scottish share is £16.4bn or 20 per cent of the headline figure, but Read more
Andrew Denholm Education Correspondent A UNIVERSITY principal at the centre of a secrecy row over payments from a private company already receives extra money from two other businesses, it has emerged. According to his register of interests, Sir Jim McDonald, Read more
More than 100 people turned out at a public debate on proposals for a wind farm in the hills above Helensburgh – and voted against the idea. The meeting, held in the Victoria Halls, was hosted by Helensburgh Community Council Read more
By Morag Lindsay Wind turbines have killed more birds of prey in Scotland so far this year than deliberate poisoning or shooting, a government report has revealed. Four raptors were confirmed killed by the devices between January and June this Read more