By Robert Mendick, Chief reporter Long-term subsidies for wind farms are to be cut by a quarter, the Government will announce this week. The decision will delight anti-wind farm campaigners and back-bench Conservative MPs who have sought a cut to curtail the construction of turbines. But the wind power industry Read more
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The Energy Secretary Ed Davey has attacked the Taxpayers’ Alliance – accusing the campaign group of making “dodgy, back-of-fag-packet claims” about energy bills. The Liberal Democrat minister hit out after the low-tax pressure group published figures claiming that household energy bills could reach £2,000 per household by the end of Read more
15 July 2013 Davey looks to hydrogen to store surplus wind power Davey: hydrogen technology could help store wind power Energy secretary Ed Davey has insisted that the coalition government is looking at not just batteries but advances in “hydrogen technology” so it can “store wind power when it’s not Read more
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Andrew Keddie Councillors have called on the Scottish Government to amend planning policies which, they fear, could result in a further proliferation of wind farms at unsuitable sites in the Borders. Even SNP members, who dominate the ruling administration on Scottish Borders Council, have backed the call for Scotland’s planning Read more
A wind farm development near the Cheviot Hills which attracted more than 1,000 objections has been thrown out by council officials. The planning department’s decision on Tuesday ends a four-year battle led by campaign group Protect Your Cheviots to stop Whitton Wind Farm project near Morebattle going ahead. Initially, applicants Read more
By Kaye Nicolson CAMPAIGNERS in Moray and the north-east have hit out after it emerged that a revolutionary new radar system could lead to more wind turbines being built. The technology has passed tests that proved its ability to detect the difference between aircraft and turbine blades. Existing systems are Read more