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Hopes of generating all of Scotland’s electricity and creating 40,000 jobs with renewable energy by 2020 have been stalled by the economic crisis, private sector caution, changes in UK energy policy and EU regulations, the public spending watchdog has found. Read more
A medieval castle rated as being of national importance and which symbolises the very nature of Borderers is at risk from a proposed wind farm. So says Historic Scotland, the national government agency tasked with protecting the country’s most important Read more
By Hamish Macdonell Alex Salmond’s renewable energy revolution may only deliver a third of the 40,000 jobs he has predicted, the Auditor General has warned. The First Minister has championed renewables, not only as the way forward for Scotland’s energy Read more
An independent study into the health impact of Shetland’s planned Viking Energy wind farm has been published too late to influence the 103 turbine development. Joint wind farm developer Shetland Charitable Trust commissioned the study last summer as a condition Read more
The Scottish Government has recently launched a public consultation regarding the development of offshore wind. Struan has created a simple consultation response sheet (attached). It includes a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer. All of the information and instructions for completing Read more
After hearing 13 speakers put forward cases for and against the Atlantic Array, planning committee members vetoed a recommendation by their own planning officers to raise no objections to the giant 240-turbine scheme less than 10 miles off the North Read more
Public servants are drawing up plans to collapse 33 climate change schemes run by seven departments and eight agencies into just three bodies run by two departments under a substantial rewrite of the administration of carbon abatement schemes under the Read more