Look what was passing through Fife while you slept
A massive steam turbine made slow but steady progress across central Fife over the weekend, although most residents probably wouldn't have batted an eyelid. (...)
Cardenden biomass project comes with promise of cheaper energy for tenants
Work on a £35 million project to provide cheaper heating and hot water to hundreds of homes in Cardenden could start by the middle of next year. (...)
Firm denies construction of Tullis Russell biomass plant is making too much use of foreign labour
A major row is brewing over the employment of foreign labour at one of Fife's biggest companies. (...)
MSP calls for biomass plant air quality answers
Controversial plans for a biomass plant in Dundee are under fresh scrutiny after a local MSP demanded immediate answers on air quality concerns. (...)
£325 million Rosyth biomass plant backing
Plans for a £325 million biomass plant at Rosyth have been backed by Fife planning committee, on condition a number of concerns are addressed. (...)
Pledge that Forth Ports sale will not affect plans to make Dundee a renewable energy hub
Forth Ports have pledged that plans to make Dundee a hub for the renewables industry as a manufacturing base for offshore wind turbines and the site of a biomass plant were unaffected by the group's £745 million sale to a private equity investment fund. (...)
Forth Energy denies any government bias in biomass plant plans
Forth Energy, the company behind the biomass proposal for Dundee harbour, has insisted there is no bias in its favour from the government's Energy Consents Unit (ECU). (...)
Campaigners against Dundee biomass plant claim objections snub
Campaigners against Forth Energy's biomass plant at Dundee harbour have expressed dismay at the handling of planning objections to the proposal by the Scottish Government. (...)
Biomass plant won't affect Forestry Commission's plans for Blairingone
Plans for the creation of a long-promised community woodland in Kinross-shire will not be affected by those for a biomass plant on a neighbouring site. (...)
Blairingone Action Group rises from the ashes to challenge plans for biomass incinerator
An action group has been set up in a bid to fight plans for a biomass plant on a Kinross-shire agricultural site. (...)
Abertay University helps planners reach decision on bio-energy projects
Abertay University is hoping to come up with a way to help planners decide whether to approve bio-energy projects like the wood-burning power plant proposed for Dundee harbour. (...)
Dundee councillor Kevin Keenan fears biomass plant may lead to council being fined
The row over Dundee City Council's position on the controversial biomass plant has rumbled on, with one opposition group leader claiming it could lead to the authority being fined for the proposed installation breaching air-quality legislation. (...)
Biomass plant will not affect Gamesa's planned investment
Controversial plans to build a biomass plant at Dundee docks will have no influence on proposals by Spanish company, Gamesa, to set up a manufacturing base in the city. (...)
Council's decision to delay biomass plan response welcomed by MSP
Dundee East MSP Shona Robison has voiced her support for the city council's call to the Scottish Government to defer a decision on the controversial biomass plant proposed for the harbour. (...)
Council wants answers before giving biomass plan response
Dundee City Council wants Scottish ministers to defer plans for the controversial biomass plant at the harbour until more information is available about its impact on public health and the environment. (...)
Councillor breaks silence to confirm opposition to biomass plant
Dundee councillor George Regan has spoken out in opposition to the proposed biomass plant at the harbour and said "Dundonians will not thank us" if it goes ahead. (...)
Forth Energy's biomass plan puts wind turbines on back burner
Forth Energy's eagerness to push ahead with a biomass plant at Dundee Harbour has delayed its plans for two wind turbines at Stannergate. (...)
No Fife Council objection to Dundee biomass plant
Council officials in Fife have told their counterparts across the Tay they have no formal objections to plans for a renewable energy plant in the port of Dundee. (...)
Fife Council not likely to object to Dundee biomass plant
Plans for a huge renewable electricity plant in Dundee could be given the thumbs up by Fife Council. (...)
Biomass bid has backing of Unicorn Property boss
The property developer behind Dundee's City Quay development has backed controversial proposals for a large biomass plant just a few hundred yards along the waterfront. (...)