I agree with Scottish Government Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse on many things: the imperative to tackle the UK and Scotland’s climate emergency; the essential role deploying renewables plays in doing so; and the crucial need to achieve this roll-out at the lowest cost possible to energy consumers.
Lack of "foresight" by bosses of a troubled wind turbine manufacturer is responsible for the firm's current redundancy woes, according to an industry insider.
The Scottish Government has revealed that it sought to "assist" a troubled wind energy manufacturer prior to job losses that could see up to 80 redundancies at the firm.
Up to 28 jobs are understood to have gone at a Scottish wind energy firm today as the fight to keep 80 staff in work looks to have failed.
CS Wind's plans to shed 80% of its workforce are "unlikely to change" it has revealed, as a meeting between unions, the Scottish Government and management broke down today.
Scores of Scottish onshore wind projects risk losing planning permission due to "politically-motivated intransigence", a new report has claimed.
More than 70 staff are to be made redundant at a Scottish wind firm, according to workers union Unite.