The chance to veto the building of massive solar farms that blight the countryside is to be given to residents living nearby. After promising to empower local communities to oppose onshore wind farms, a minister announced last night that sprawling fields of solar panels will also be curbed because they Read more
It was a picture that warmed the hearts of opponents of wind farms the world over. In December 2011, a wind turbine at the coastal town of Ardrossan in the UK spectacularly exploded during a storm. Pictures of the flaming debris shower flashed across global media, triggering claims that turbines Read more
TAXPAYERS have had to foot the bill for £1.5million worth of wind turbines in school grounds, it has been revealed. Councils built dozens of turbines at schools across the country at huge cost to the public purse, only to decommission many of them a few years later. Figures released yesterday Read more
A call has gone out for the countryside to be protected from over-development of wind farms. Eight of the country’s leading conservation and environment organisations are behind the plea. The Scottish Government is currently holding consultations on the Scottish Planning Policy and the National Planning Framework. The outcome of these Read more
Over 600 associations across Europe composing the the European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW) are hailing a ruling by the European Court of Justice as a first victory in their fight towards holding the European Commission accountable for what it says are the ‘catastrophic’ results of its energy policy. The Read more
UTILITY giant ScottishPower is paying an £890 million dividend to Spanish parent company Iberdrola after the Glasgow-based firm benefited from the cold weather, price hikes and rising customer numbers. The company’s gas and electricity supply division, which has more than five million customers and has gained several hundred thousand in Read more
Energy giant ScottishPower has come under renewed fire for doubling its annual profits to nearly £1230 per minute after hitting customers with inflation-busting price rises. Net profits at the Glasgow-based energy giant have soared from £301.6m in 2011 to £646.3m in 2012. In January, ScottishPower, which has 5.2 million customers, Read more
Green Energy Is Going Nowhere The economic and scientific reality, according to Obama’s Energy Department, is that abundant, low-cost fossil fuels will continue to dominate the US fuel mix for at least the next quarter century, and probably much, much longer into the future. Meanwhile, politics aside – the economic Read more