Plans for a giant wind farm off Scotland’s Atlantic coast are facing warnings of a potential engineering “catastrophe” after a similar Irish project collapsed following fears its turbines could not survive the Atlantic.Campaigners are concerned that the country could be Read more
WORK has finished on installing a temporary meteorological mast at the proposed Giants Burn Wind Farm site near Dunoon, but the development has drawn criticism from a local campaign group concerned about impacts on peatland.Renewable energy developer Statkraft confirmed on-site Read more
A pheasant’s nest held up work at an East Lothian wind farm for three weeks as £50million of equipment was delayed to protect the eggs, it has been revealed. The incident at Crystal Rig in the Lammermuirs was revealed at Read more
For Clare Molyneux, she is fearing for the future of her local area after plans for a wind farm near her home were announced just last month.Clare has lived in Ardclach which looks out over Dulsie Wood since 1980 and Read more
People living near wind farms could get energy bill discounts as high as £600 per year under government plans for communities to get money from developers.Onshore wind farms will be told to make financial contributions to communities living nearby, based Read more
Residents living in a Highland beauty spot are fighting plans for almost 150 battery energy storage system (BESS) units being built within 400m of their homes.The area in the Kyle of Sutherland earmarked for the containers would be bigger than Read more
Ed Miliband is preparing to blanket reservoirs and lakes with solar farms as part of .Labour’s push towards net zero. The Energy Secretary will launch a consultation to make it easier to build , after a report that hailed their Read more
There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies – everything from AI to wind turbines, as well as cellphones, electric vehicles and defense systems – depend on critical Read more