A new scheme to help innovative green technology companies get their products to market, will be launched to industry today. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/new-scheme-is-launched-in-scotland-with-the-scottish-environment-protection-agency-scottish-enterprise-highlands-and-islands-enterprise-hie-and-wrc-plc/
Paris – Concerns that giant wind farms aimed at easing climate change in fact aggravate the problem are misplaced, a scientific study said on Tuesday. http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Climate-risk-from-wind-farms-minimal-study-20140211
YOUR report about the plans to double the capacity of the Cruachan pumped storage hydroelectric scheme is a win-win story (“£1bn plan to double output of Scotland’s ‘Hollow Mountain’”, The Herald, February 11). Hydro is well established in Scotland and Read more
By David Ewen A North-East road has been wrecked by lorries carrying wind turbines. The regional transport partnership Nestrans has been forced to budget £22,000 – and another £78,000 in reserve – to fix crumbling road edges. That comes on Read more
A legal challenge to a planned offshore wind farm which could be seen from Donald Trump’s golf resort in Aberdeenshire has been rejected. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-26135345
The manager of a 5,000-acre Perthshire estate has revealed how a proposed wind farm on its land would result in major long-term investment back into the estate, creating jobs and increased sustainability and biodiversity. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/estate-says-wind-farm-is-essential-to-support-investment/
Fairer share of wind power proceeds could help slow growth of opposition to wind turbines and pylons Local opposition to wind grows as EU leaders mull targets/RTCC http://www.rtcc.org/2014/02/10/local-opposition-to-wind-grows-as-eu-leaders-mull-targets/
A single wind turbine could transform a Highland community’s fortunes, but at what cost to the sublime landscape, asks RICHARD BAYNES in a special investigation A mock-up of the proposed turbine “I’d like to talk to you about the wind Read more