Aileen Jackson (Letters, 27 July) is right to be concerned about the proposed re-powering of Whitelee Wind Farm. Since 2010 Whitelee has received more than £165 million in constraints payments. In the first six months of this year alone it Read more
George Herraghty hits the nail on the head (Letters, 24 July) with his criticism of the crushing Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) plan to repower the Whitelee wind farm. For local residents who had hoped to live long enough to see Read more
Scotsman letters So, after only 20 years, the everso-sustainable Scottishpower Renewables Whitelee wind farm, sorry subsidy farm, has already reached the end of its short life (your report, 23 July). The owner’s claim that fewer larger turbines are more efficient Read more
The UK’s largest onshore wind farm is set to double in capacity as part of a £1.5bn project which could create hundreds of jobs. Under the plans announced by ScottishPower on Wednesday, Whitelee Wind Farm could generate enough energy to Read more
Developers have dropped plans for what would have been one of the biggest wind farms in the Borders just a few weeks before a public inquiry was set to start. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrv2089gq2o?fbclid=IwY2xjawTNWZBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe6vWh1vuMjBLLMfz-6IHb1HeVRVtHJRoQxTqiNzFOuPAAmD_xI5BOBNXghRE_aem_6nqTjS2YKM44VNdHjVzFUA
SAS quoted in the Mail on Sunday and the Express today. Scots are being ignored after opposing massive wind farms being built in their communities in the SNP Executive’s rush to hit net zero. A leading government minister even admitted Read more
The Scottish Government has brought in new statutory guidelines which are supposedly to improve the compensation measures for adverse environmental and ecological effects of off shore windfarms. Providing adequate compensation for effects such as the killing of seabird populations has Read more
MPs are being urged to back North Sea oil and gas to help the UK meet its climate obligations as well as boosting jobs, communities, and the economy. Energy industry leaders, trade union bosses and others have joined together in Read more