Schoolchildren would enjoy “hands-on lessons” about rural life and renewable energy if a classroom on the site of a controversial Perthshire windfarm was approved, it was claimed yesterday. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/plans-for-perthshire-windfarm-classroom-backed-1.326966
I WAS interested to read in your article on the approval for an 11-turbine wind farm on the Kintyre peninsula (“Green light for Kintyre wind farm”, The Herald, April 16) that the developer, RES (a multi-national with no local links), Read more
A public meeting organised by Hobkirk Community Council has voted ananimously against a nearby wind farm application. Around 40 people turned out for the meeting in the village’s Laidlaw Hall last week to voice their concerns over plans for the Read more
By Ron Harris Scotland may have less than 10 per cent of the UK population but it does have more than 50 per cent of the UK’s onshore wind turbines, it has been revealed. And news that there are currently Read more
By Laura Paterson An MSP is calling for a major inquiry into the cause of the power cut that left more than 200,000 properties in the dark across the north. Highlands and Islands MSP David Stewart said the massive blackout Read more
Berwick Community Trust’s wind turbine on the northern outskirts of the town should be fully operational within the next week. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/berwick-turbine-fully-operational-1-3378685
A 30-mile power line could be buried under the Aberdeenshire countryside to feed electricity from the world’s biggest offshore windfarm to homes and businesses across the UK. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3655119
Planners say permission should be refused for a windfarm proposed on land owned by the Scottish Conservatives’ environment spokesman. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3654572