By Diana S World’s Largest Wind Turbine About to be Tested in Scotland It’s an interesting and exciting time in Scotland for the wind business: The world’s largest and most powerful installed wind turbine…
By Colin P BT Buys 50% Output from Scottish Wind Farm BT, the giant communication company, has agreed to a £300m deal to buy enough energy to meet the needs of all…
By Diana S Renewable Energy Islands While it may be some time before a mainland country will be totally powered by renewable energy, some islands dotted around…
By Dirk B Gigha Watts Wind Energy to be Stored The aptly named Scottish island of Gigha is going to be the centre of an experiment that aims to crack one…
By Dirk B Europes Biggest Wind Farm Opens in Scotland – 140 Wind Turbines Eaglesham Moor, Scottland – 20th May 2009 Finally, after a decade of planning and construction, Europe’s largest onshore wind farm on…
By Diana S Starry Starry Night Spoiled by Wind Turbines? So what’s the connection between stars in a clear night sky, and wind turbines? I would have thought very little. A…
By Diana S What is the Economic Life of an Onshore Wind Turbine? A study commissioned by the Renewable Energy Foundation has found that the economic life of onshore wind turbines could be far…
By Diana S UK Wind Farm Latest News from Scotland, Devon and Cornwall The differing attitudes towards wind farms can be seen in developments regarding three UK wind farms. One in Scotland, one in…
By Diana S New Wind Power Projects Approved for Scotland Scottish ministers have approved two wind farm projects that together could provide power more than 100,000 homes. One is a 54…
By Dirk B A Free Wind Turbine for You! Are you a landowner in Northern Ireland (or Scotland or Italy) with planning permission in place for a wind turbine of…
By Diana S Trumped Trump turns from Scotland to Ireland Although US billionaire Donald Trump has vowed to continue his fight against the offshore windfarm project near his Scottish golf resort…
By Colin P Argyll Array Shelved- as “Not Financially Viable” Scottish Power, owned by Spanish company Iberdrola, has decided not to proceed with a £5.4bn plan to build the world’s largest…