St Andrews University is seeking permission to build a windfarm to generate all its power. The institution’s energy bills have tripled since 2005 to £5.4 million a year, and doing nothing is “not an option”, it said in a statement on 2 June. The University has submitted a proposal to Fife Council to develop a six-turbine, 12-megawatt windfarm at the university-owned Kenly Farm, Boarhills.
The Scottish National Party has previously pledged to generate 100 per cent of the country’s electricity needs from renewables by 2020.











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