Wind turbines Windmapped….

In our last newsletter, John Mackay (author of Scotland’s Beauty at Risk) took a look at the shortcomings of the currently available data sets on turbine numbers in Scotland. Having seen the inability/unwillingness of the Scottish Government to provide accurate data on how widespread wind turbine developments are, and failings Read more…

Offshore Desperation

Today the Scottish Government boosted the subsidies for innovative offshore wind generation. A new band set at 2.5 ROCs is aimed at supporting generation from offshore test and demonstration sites deploying innovative, new to market turbines. The second new band set at 3.5 ROCs will be for pilot projects consisting Read more…

Shock! Horror! Minister Refuses Massive Caithness Wind Farm

SCOTLAND AGAINST SPIN comment on Scottish Government decision to refuse Dunbeath windfarm in Caithness Linda Holt, spokeswoman for Scotland Against Spin commented on today’s decision to refuse Dunbeath windfarm in Caithness: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/06/Dunbeath07062013 “We applaud Fergus Ewing’s decision today to take the advice of Scottish Natural Heritage and refuse West Coast Read more…