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A LOCHGELLY campaign group is critical of Fife Council’s plans to examine putting turbines up in some 30 sites across the Kingdom. – See more at: http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/lochgelly/articles/2014/03/17/491891-lochgelly-campaigners-critical-of-councils-turbine-stance/#sthash.Dq08Fq7J.dpuf http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/lochgelly/articles/2014/03/17/491891-lochgelly-campaigners-critical-of-councils-turbine-stance/

A leading conservation charity is urging politicians to put wild areas before money. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/john-muir-trust-urges-scottish-government-to-protect-wild-areas-1.273389

French energy firm EDF have acquired the Barmoor wind farm project near Berwick from US firm Duke Energy and Norwegian outfit Statkaft UK Ltd http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/edf-aquires-barmoor-wind-farm-6839733

Young people are among the strongest supporters of offshore wind while the majority are against fracking, a poll has shown. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/03/young-people-back-offshore-wind-projects/

British firm SSE Renewables has generated electricity for the first time from its offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston, North Ayrshire. http://wind.energy-business-review.com/news/sse-renewables-generates-first-power-at-hunterston-site-140314

The nationalist government has lavished £1.8 billion-worth of subsidies on wind farm operators since 2007 in its bid to meet self-imposed renewable energy targets. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/465266/SNP-wind-farm-mania-costs-1million-a-day

Two years on, there is still ‘no sail’ regarding the foundry proposed for Fife Energy Park which would supply component parts for wind turbines. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/developers-still-have-faith-in-foundry-1-3336396

The energy regulator Ofgem has said there will be no early cut in the charges electricity generators in Scotland pay to the national grid. It has announced a second round of consultation with the industry about the issue. Ofgem conceded Read more…