A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a man who was killed when he fell 100ft down the shaft of a wind turbine. Basilio Brazao, a 19-year-old Brazilian construction worker, was working inside the turbine Read more
By James Williamson Scotland’s wind power industry is to launch a good-practice guide designed to reduce the number of birds killed or displaced by turbines. A conference in Perth will today hear how more than £50,000 has already been spent Read more
Figures show that the percentage of rejections in the UK jumped from 25-29% in 2009-12 to 41% in 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/13/onshore-windfarms-rejected-percentage-rise
Loughborough-headquartered manufacturer Evance Wind Turbines has been bought out of administration by green energy company Ecotricity rescuing 29 jobs. http://www.insidermedia.com/insider/midlands/114599-frp-engineers-rescue-deal-evance-wind-turbines
The UK government yesterday published four new consultation papers aimed at ‘maintaining the growing momentum behind renewable electricity investment in the UK, while continuing to deliver value for money for consumers’: http://www.scottishenergynews.com/cloud-of-uncertainty-hovers-over-scottish-islands-offshore-wind-sector-in-new-uk-government-consultation/
Two wind turbines built six months ago for £7million are yet to be switched on – because they are a danger to planes. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wind-turbines-built-6-months-3535996
Plans for a second 86-metre wind turbine at the former Tealing airfield north of Dundee have been rejected by Angus Council. Landowner Charles Simmers and Green Cat Renewables have already built a similar turbine, which was approved on appeal by Read more
Wind energy company, Banks Renewables, has submitted a planning application to the Scottish Energy Consents Unit to create a community wind farm at Birneyknowe in the Scottish Borders. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/plans-lodged-for-community-partnership-wind-farm-in-the-scottish-borders/