Why are Scottish wind farms paid billions to switch off?
Despite Scotland’s booming wind sector, turbines are still routinely paid not to spin. The Ferret unpacks why this happens, what makes it so costly, and what it means for your bills.
Society
881 articles
It takes a village: a new approach to living with flooding
Dr Fiona Work, a former nurse, remembers December 2012 vividly. “I had gone to my friends and had a call
Shetland spaceport under fire from local community
Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and
Scots ‘umbrella’ firms duped NHS and council workers into tax avoidance schemes
Scottish companies are roping NHS and council workers into veiled tax avoidance schemes that could see them hit with big
Nine out of ten short-term lets approved in Highland tourism hotspot despite housing crisis
More than 90 per cent of applications to use residential properties as short-term lets in a Highland region in the
Edinburgh uni boss pressured over outside earnings as job losses mount
The boss of the University of Edinburgh is facing calls to “come clean” over earnings from a second job, amid
Power struggle: The billionaire, the Chinese oil giant and Grangemouth’s forgotten workers
Grangemouth should have been Scotland’s big opportunity to realise its ambition for a just transition – moving workers into cleaner, greener jobs. But embittered power struggles got in the way, The Ferret finds.
Claim NHS waits of over two years are 800 times more common in Scotland than England is Mostly True
Scotland’s politicians have returned to parliament after the summer recess, and Scottish Labour has continued its criticism of the
Claim Glasgow hosts 50 per cent more ‘illegal’ migrants than anywhere else in the UK is Mostly False
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hosted a press conference in Scotland this week after MSP Graham Simpson defected to his
Families left paying thousands in nursery fees due council ‘breaches’ childcare policy
Families have been left paying thousands of pounds a year for childcare because Edinburgh City Council has reneged on a
Promise must tackle racism in the care system
Scotland must “do more to tackle racism and bias” in child protection, according to the organisation overseeing Scottish Government reforms
A teen took his own life in foster care. His migrant mother says cultural bias led to her family being ripped apart
On one side of Nina’s bright living room, life is flourishing. Plants line the large window, green and verdant,
Human trafficking survivors awarded lifeline support after legal challenge
An anti-human trafficking organisation has successfully legally challenged a Scottish Government policy, which left some trafficking survivors living on just