PLANS to build a wind farm on the hills above Dumbarton and the Vale have been refused. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/dumbarton/articles/2013/10/31/476823-lomond-energy-wind-farm-plans-suffer-a-big-blow/
MPs fear a 60-turbine offshore windfarm in the Solway Firth could be “expanded by stealth” http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.1095219
Developers have lodged an appeal over a proposed wind farm on Brunta Hill near Westruther in Berwickshire after it was blocked by Scottish Borders Council. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24757029
Renewable subsidies ‘won’t be touched’ by PM’s green levies review http://www.energylivenews.com/2013/10/31/renewable-subsidies-%E2%80%98won%E2%80%99t-be-touched%E2%80%99-by-pm%E2%80%99s-green-levies-review/
A new Friends of Science study by research director Ken Gregory shows that the Canadian climate model CanESM2, used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to predict global warming, fails to replicate temperature observations by hundreds of percent Read more
Households could be able to switch energy suppliers within 24 hours under proposals to be announced by Energy Secretary Ed Davey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24747183
Property experts said the controversial structures, which campaigners say are a blight on the British landscape, can reduce the value of homes by up to eight per cent. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/houseprices/10415963/Wind-farms-knock-eight-per-cent-off-average-home-value-property-experts-reveal.html
Shona Gossip Campaigners were celebrating last night after plans for an electrical substation linked to a controversial offshore windfarm were rejected. Developers had described the plant, which would have been built on a former landfill site at Blackdog , as Read more