Tim Sharp City Editor A SURGE in renewable and hydroelectric energy production by ScottishPower thanks to a wet and windy winter was not enough to offset the impact of closing Cockenzie power station, leading to a fall in generation in Read more
by Ron Harris Plans for another new windfarm in a highly-sensitive part of the Clydesdale countryside have been scaled down, even before a formal planning application has been lodged. The developers of the proposed Hill Rig Windfarm have reduced from Read more
An innovative project designed to allow people to own and share in the benefits of a wind turbine is officially up and running. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/glen-isla-couple-hoping-to-launch-wind-turbine-cooperative-1.342274
Advice has gone out to communities in Dumfries and Galloway to accept wind farms as a certainty of the future and reap the benefits they bring. http://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/no-avoiding-more-turbines-1-3392749
There are fears a glut of planning applications for windfarms could be landing on council planners desks across Cumbria after news that government subsidies are to be phased out. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.1132559
Scottish Government Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead will today (30 April) set out the ‘green gains’ of Scottish independence in a major speech at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/rural-affairs-secretary-sets-out-vision-for-scotlands-greener-future-with-independence/
The renewable energy industry in the UK has attracted almost £30 billion of private sector investment since 2010 – enabling the industry to sustain over 100,000 jobs in 2013 and deliver 4.2% of UK energy. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/already-supporting-100000-jobs-uk-renewable-energy-sector-is-set-for-64-billion-of-investment-by-2020/
CAMPAIGNERS have hit out at plans to build a renewable energy substation on a historic Scottish battlefield. The Battle of Prestonpans 1745 Heritage Trust is strongly opposing plans by two renewable energy companies to construct a huge electric substation on Read more