A Speyside councillor has accused the Scottish Government of “riding roughshod over local democracy” after overturning councillors’ refusal of a seven-turbine wind farm application near Dufftown.
An Aberdeenshire resident that has stayed in the same home for 40 years has written a letter of complaint to those behind a local wind farm proposal.
Controversy has been sparked over plans to build one of the tallest onshore wind farms in the UK, less than four miles from Banchory in Aberdeenshire.
Global wind turbine orders hit 43 gigawatts (GW) in the second quarter of the year, a new record.
Work is ongoing to “break the link” between the cost of gas and electricity prices in the UK, the prime minister has confirmed.
More than three quarters of people in the UK back building new wind and solar farms to tackle the energy crisis.
Development of new wind farms in remote, wild areas should be halted, the National Trust for Scotland has said.
It’s a couple of months since I suggested the energy crisis would be as big as Covid and thereby demand the same scale of response. It wasn’t a very fashionable thought but perceptions have moved rapidly – everywhere, except where it matters most, in government.
Proposals for a new onshore wind farm in Birsay on the mainland of Orkney have been submitted to the local authority.
Danish wind turbine giant Vestas is to spin off its converters and controls business to help support its strategic foucs.
A police escorted convoy of two grid transformers between the Port of Lerwick and the Viking Energy Wind Farm (VEWF) construction site is scheduled to take place on Sunday (26 June).
Danish renewables giant Orsted has generated first power from its inaugural Scottish wind project.
SSE Renewables has formed a new partnership designed to foster a circular and sustainable wind sector in the UK.
Investigations are ongoing after an accident on an onshore wind farm construction site in Shetland that resulted in the death of a worker.
More than 100 injuries were recorded in the UK onshore wind sector last year, according to new figures.
Aventus Energy is putting the final touches on the Highlands and Island’s first Global Wind Organisation (GWO) accredited training facility.
An ingenious robotic solution could halve the time it takes wind farm operators to inspect turbine blades.
Europe invested almost £35 billion in new wind farms last year, bankrolling 25 gigawatts (GW) of fresh capacity.
Optimism abounds about the future of wind power, with a clean-energy boom powering robust growth in an industry that businesses and governments agree is key to slowing climate change. But a nagging problem could keep the sector from fulfilling that promise: Turbine makers are still struggling to translate soaring demand into profit.
Numerous pieces of equipment that belonged to Scotland’s only wind turbine manufacturer are up for grabs.
SSE Renewables has agreed to buy a portfolio of nearly 4 gigawatts of European onshore wind projects from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for €580 million (£483m).
Supply chain woes and inflation couldn’t stop the growth of renewables last year as wind capacity grew by almost 100 gigawatts (GW).
A commitment to North Sea oil and gas while ramping up nuclear, hydrogen and offshore wind, is at the heart of a new UK strategy to protect consumers from future surges in energy bills.
The UK Government is poised to drastically ramp up its renewables targets, according to reports.
Daniel Marston, a Managing Associate in law firm Addleshaw Goddard's Planning and Infrastructure Consenting Team, looks at whether, and more importantly how, the direction could change in relation to the policy on developing new onshore wind farms in England.