Academic enters debate
An academic has claimed there is no "measurable" evidence that windfarms have an economic impact on tourism in Scotland.
An academic has claimed there is no "measurable" evidence that windfarms have an economic impact on tourism in Scotland.
The secretary of one of the world's most famous golf courses has expressed sympathy for Donald Trump, who is fighting plans for a offshore windfarm near his resort in Aberdeenshire.
Donald Trump's golf resort in Aberdeenshire has been branded a "half-built carbuncle" by Green MSP Patrick Harvie.
First Minister Alex Salmond has dismissed claims he gave Donald Trump assurances that a windfarm would not be built near his golf resort as "total nonsense and completely untrue".
PLANS have been tabled for a £3billion offshore windfarm that could see 277 giant turbines installed nine miles off the Caithness coast.
Politicians predicted a jobs boom in the north last night after ambitious plans were tabled to build up to 277 wind turbines in the North Sea.
Plans to build 31 wind turbines on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park have been called in by the Scottish Government.
A leading environmental group has accused Donald Trump of being blind to the folly of his own arguments against windfarms.
First Minister Alex Salmond has launched a thinly veiled attack on Donald Trump ahead of his appearance at Holyrood today to oppose offshore windfarms.
All eyes will be on Holyrood today when Donald Trump is called in front of Scottish ministers to give evidence on the government's renewable energy plans.
Controversial plans to site four wind turbines near a historic monument in Aberdeenshire were rejected yesterday.
The explosion of wind turbines across Scotland has divided opinion - and polarised communities across the north and north-east.
Four out of five people said windfarms would not affect where they take a holiday in the UK, according to a new poll.
Offshore renewable energy projects will transform the Scottish economy and re-industrialise communities, Alex Salmond claimed yesterday.
Developers behind the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre say the public must come to "their own conclusions" about the scheme.
The UK's fast-growing renewable-energy industry and its supply chain already supports 110,000 jobs and this could rise to 400,000 by 2020, according to a new report.
Donald Trump has accused Scottish Government ministers of "lying" about his organisation's past support for windfarms.
An Orkney-based tidal-energy firm said today it had successfully generated power and exported it to the national grid.
A NORTH-EAST planning chief has called today for a six-month ban on wind turbine applications amid fears the region is heading for a crisis.
The three key ingredients for the development of onshore wind are all strongly present in Aberdeenshire.
Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on Alex Salmond over the "assurances" he was allegedly given to invest in Scotland.
Nearly three-quarters of people in Scotland are in favour of wind power according to a study - but only 18% would choose it as their first choice of generating electricity.
The UK and US will work together to develop "floating" wind turbines to harness more offshore wind power at a potentially lower cost, the UK Government said yesterday.
Finance Secretary John Swinney met bosses from engineering giant Doosan Power Systems yesterday after the firm's decision to scrap plans to develop offshore wind turbines in Scotland came to light.
A team of government and industry leaders from Japan's eastern seaboard are to come to Scotland to plan for the development of marine energy in the Asian country following an invitation by Finance Secretary John Swinney.