The Scottish Conservatives recently put down a parliamentary question in Holyrood for the Scottish Government to answer on what impact the recent European Court of Justice ruling on cross-border state subsidies for renewable energy developments will have in Scotland/ UK. Read more
A businessman whose plans for a travellers camp in the countryside left his neighbours furious has now tabled proposals for a major windfarm. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/311678/banffshire-windfarm-plan-sparks-major-row/
Wind farms in France and Ireland could receive UK Government subsidies under a new scheme so long as they export power to the UK. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2721359/French-Irish-wind-farms-receive-British-funding-long-export-power-UK.html
A COWDENBEATH councillor has hit out at comments from one of the campaigners against the Little Raith Wind Farm extension. http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/cowdenbeath/articles/2014/08/11/506616-cowdenbeath-councillor-hits-out-at-claims-over-his-support-for-wind-farm-extension/
THE march of wind turbines across Scotland is set to be legally challenged on the grounds that Scottish ministers have failed to protect people who live in their shadow. A pressure group, supported by Struan Stevenson, a former Conservative MEP, Read more
RACHEL WATSON AN action group is encouraging people who believe wind farms have had a negative impact on their health to pursue legal action on the grounds that Scottish ministers failed to protect them. Pressure group Winds for Justice, supported Read more
James Fenton It is high summer and the heather moors are coming into bloom, turning into that glorious purple which was at one time the symbol of the Scottish Highlands. Not so long ago the open heather moors were seen Read more
AN energy firm behind plans for a wind-farm near Patna have slammed East Ayrshire Council’s decision to formally object to their proposals. http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/08/08/506603-breaking-council-lodge-formal-objection-to-wind-farm-plans/