Pinwherry and Pinmore Community Council have expressed their fears about wind farm extension proposals in the area. Residents heard from ScottishPower Renewables earlier this month over its plans for the Markhill wind farm. The community council was unsatisfied at the Read more
Anyone with a little common sense who’s reading the abstract and the hype about this new paper and the Meehl et al papers will logically now be asking: if La Niña events can stop global warming, then how much do Read more
Come to unspoilt Scotland. Not. Over the last year or so, I’ve been getting emails from two campaigners – Irish engineer Pat Swords and Christine Metcalfe, a retired community councillor from Argyllshire – urging me to report on their campaign Read more
Scots author Alexander McCall Smith has blasted wind farms and vowed never to put them on his desert island getaway. The best-selling author claims wind turbines ruin Scotland’s landscape and could spell disaster for tourism. The mystery writer, best Read more
Tim Webb The amount of potential electricity from onshore wind farms that has been allowed to go untapped has more than doubled this year because the grid cannot cope. Developers have received payments of £19 million not to generate 215 Read more
By Richard Watt A windfarm comprising 22 turbines of up to 125 metres in height could be proposed for the border of Angus and Perthshire. Edinburgh firm the Wind Prospect Group has submitted a scoping application to Angus Council for Read more
By Laura Paterson Anti-windfarm campaigners have accused an energy giant of trying to manipulate the planning process to build more turbines in the Highlands. SSE Renewables has a 20-turbine windfarm at Fairburn in Ross-shire, but wants permission for a further Read more
THE chairman of ice cream and renewable energy business Mackie’s has highlighted some of the key lessons he has learned that have helped the business prosper over four generations of family ownership. Maitland Mackie underlined the importance for family Read more