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Every islander to be paid wind farm 'dividend' under bold new proposal

Floating wind farms make use of the huge blades fitted to towers hundreds of feet in height.

Exclusive GB Energy to continue investment in Scotland's floating wind projects

Exclusive Stalled wind projects risk leaving Scottish ports as 'stranded assets'

First Minister John Swinney could face more ScotWind developers relinquishing their contracts

Analysis SNP needs ScotWind reality check to restore investor confidence

Equinor, which owns and operates the pioneering Hywind scheme, is bidding to build new floating wind turbines off the Scottish coast as part of the Scottish Government's plans to increase the amount of wind energy generated offshore. Picture: Michal Wachucik

Exclusive £50bn floating wind industry in crisis talks as contracts cull awaited

John Swinney has claimed the SNP could cut energy bills by one third with Scottish independence

Analysis Oil and gas isn't the only North Sea crisis as renewables needs help

Whitelees windfarm near Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire

Net zero is dying: Wind farms are the great follies of our time Paul Wilson

Construction work taking place on the sister Moray West offshore wind project.

Exclusive Warning over reliance on China for crucial wind turbine magnets

Floating wind farms make use of the huge blades fitted to towers hundreds of feet in height.

Exclusive Warning as SNP's flagship North Sea floating wind projects stall

Campaigners say the countryside is being 'industrialised'

Community councils gather to oppose 'senseless' wind farm schemes

Electricity bills do not reflect the relatively cheap cost of energy produced by windfarms like Whitelees, near Eaglesham (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

SNP 'keeping communities in the dark' over onshore wind future

Stephen Gethins, SNP minister for Europe, external affairs and energy

SNP accused of 'shockingly dismissive' attitude over Ming Yang

Construction of Dogger Bank offshore windfarm - which will have 277 turbines once complete - will be supported by jobs at Nigg.

180 offshore windfarm jobs created at Highland port

Prime Minister Andy Burnham and First Minister John Swinney met in Glasgow

Swinney 'irresponsible' for urging Burnham to rethink Ming Yang block

Ming Yang announced plans to build the UK’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Ardersier near Inverness (PA)

Exclusive Swinney pressures Burnham on blocked Ming Yang wind factory

Two new Scottish wind farms that will power 78,000 homes given green light

Green light for Scottish offshore wind farm that could power two million homes

As kite surfers know, Scotland has some of the best offshore wind resources in the world (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

We can't blow chance to be world-leader in floating offshore wind David Hinshelwood

Campaign launched to stop wind farm near NC500 'wrecking' landscape

Adam Harris and Paul Pirrie in front of their 2kW demonstrator

A Scottish wind turbine startup that thinks smaller is better

Up to 500 skilled jobs would be created by the factory (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

Major wind turbine factory set to create 500 Scots jobs

Analysis Ming Yang plan risks being caught in European security crosshairs

Ming Yang Smart Energy hopes to invest up to £1.5 billion in Scotland's largest wind turbine manufacturing facility, subject to UK government approval

Ming Yang wind plant put on hold over security risk

Community councils from across the south of Scotland held a meeting in Jedburgh Town Hall to discuss the cumulative effects of large-scale renewable energy developments

Why build wind farms only to pay them to stop producing electricity? John McLellan

Giant turbines in the Seagreen windfarm off the coast of Montrose (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

Exclusive SNP warns Scottish snub in UK wind contracts would be 'devasting'

The energy park includes turbines, solar panels and battery storage

Public inquiry begins into plan for major Borders energy park

Analysis Alarm raised as Scottish offshore wind risks losing out next year

Energy transition technologies come with greater performance risk (Picture: John Devlin)

Exclusive The 'deeply concerning' wind farm plans a threat to national security

The UK’s offshore wind capacity can generate energy on a scale that redefines its geopolitical standing (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool)

GB Energy can unleash billions of pounds of investment in renewables Eric Knight

Over 200 mega turbines could soon be built in the Kyle of Sutherland.

Highlands beauty spot faces 'mega' turbines taller than Arthur's Seat

Shine's clever compact wind turbine can be taken camping with you - and used as a power bank

Shine portable wind turbine review: compact way to get off-grid power

Tim Eagle MSP said it was ‘insulting’ that representatives would not be attending the meeting. Pictured is Tim Eagle, inset, along with The Universal Hall in Findhorn where the meeting is taking place.

Group behind FLOW-Park plan cancels meeting over ‘safety concerns’

ScotWind is planning floating wind farms in deep waters off Scotland (Picture: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive SNP ministers warned China energy investment 'cannot come at any cost'

John Swinney, Kate Forbes and Richard Lochhead have met with Chinese turbine supplier MingYang over investment plans for Scotland

Exclusive How SNP ministers wooed Chinese firm MingYang for wind investment

ScotWind is planning floating wind farms in deep waters off Scotland (Picture: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Chinese turbine security concerns derail floating wind ambitions?

The UK must safeguard its critical underwater infrastructure Steve Fernie

RWE's Gwynt y Mor, the world's 2nd largest offshore wind farm located eight miles offshore in Liverpool Bay, off the coast of North Wales

Chinese firm piles pressure on UK to approve huge wind turbine factory

Hannah Ritchie

Clearing the Air by Hannah Ritchie review: 'clear-eyed' on climate

Cullivoe, in North Yell, Shetland

One impressive community I've met since walking Scotland for 18 months

Geopolitical winds blowing Scotland's offshore ambitions off course Jeremy Grant

An offshore wind farm

Ministers urged to act fast on energy reform to help Scots wind farms

Increasing the amount of wind energy should result in lower bills (Picture: William Edwards)

If wind energy is six times cheaper than gas, then 'show me the money' Scotsman comment

The Scottish Government's attitude towards new wind farms shows resistance to its net-zero agenda is futile (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

How SNP is overruling local decisions to push through windfarm schemes John McLellan

Puffins congregate on the Isle of May

Seabirds are Scotland's 'Great Barrier Reef'. We must save them Harry Huyton

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School wind turbines turned off over safety fears

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