Campaigners are demanding an immediate moratorium on new battery storage developments, as a new report found projects already proposed could provide four times more electricity storage than will be needed by the end of this decade. The demand came as Read more
Do you remember when “green” and “small is beautiful” went together? When “green” meant de-industrialisation and living on a croft with a cow and a goat? No longer! https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/from-wild-to-wind-farm-an-eyewitness-to-the-transformation-420849/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOcKpRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeU2bFoZVdHMXThygVBxYh5Q0RB68xr-00LoLza2ADdDzviXwNkYPljdMg3AQ_aem_cLfpYj_420XaD5Cr6qlG0Q
Shetland’s fishermen fear they could be pushed off key grounds unless stronger policies are created for new energy projects. The waters around Shetland produce just over a third of Scotland’s catch and are worth more than £400 million annually. A Read more
A homeowner is taking legal action against energy giant SSE, claiming that plans for new electricity pylons near his home knocked £125,000 off the value of the property. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/homeowner-sues-over-claim-pylons-knocked-125-000-off-property-value/ar-AA1Rg1lx?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds&fbclid=IwY2xjawOWQc5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeme9w4_KGsZm_PHPGhKBpb2cXfcwzM9__bRxEWQRhwC4-7lVi-MVAIkbACBQ_aem_G3SOFEoGk5RtqtHvE3Zpgg
The scale of plans to park parts for floating wind turbines in the Inner Moray Firth have been reduced by more than 60%, its developer has said. Offshore Solutions Group (OSG) had proposed using areas of seabed off Nairn, Culbin Read more
There has been a deafening silence by the BBC, the press and the digital media over the fact that, in january 2026,there will be a 5 per cent fall in the unit cost of gas to below 6p per unit. Read more
CONSENT has been granted for a 14-turbine wind farm in the South Ayrshire countryside. https://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/25647418.consent-craiginmoddie-wind-farm-south-ayrshire/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOUI05leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeYOcn1E5AYh-vUVF3r8gXloqyZlyfzi273xr7GzYEXdqBWTQdHpbQq48JJk0_aem_VL1W19Jkon3IMAgqdmCnnQ