UK farmers can now benefit from a £15m fund to help develop renewable technology in rural communities. The Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) will help rural communities bear the costs associated with feasibility studies and planning permission. http://evocoenergy.co.uk/evocoblog/farmers-can-benefit-from-15m-story-from-evoco-enrgy-wind-turbines/
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
Tidal turbines stretched across Pentland Firth off Orkney could generate the equivalent to almost half of Scotland’s electricity needs, a new study has revealed. • Oxford University researchers have claimed that tidal turbines installed across Pentland Firth could generate equivalent of almost half of Scotland’s electricity • Report says that Read more
BRITAIN is failing to make the most of the opportunity to become a world leader in offshore wind energy, a new report from an influential think tank has warned. WINNING THE RACE: The report calls on UK Government ministers to show more hunger for renewables technology and warns of the Read more
Pictures proving that raptors are attracted to windfarms http://savetheeagles.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/raptors-attracted-to-windfarms-2/ Study showing that bats are attracted by wind turbines as far as 14 km away (offshore on top of that!). And new, short paper mentioning all this and suggesting that swifts and swallows could also be attracted to windfarms. http://wcfn.org/2013/07/01/tip-of-the-iceberg/ Read more
BERLIN — Germany will stop subsidising solar energy by 2018 at the latest, its environment minister said Monday after last year initiating a scaling-back of generous state support for the faltering industry. Peter Altmaier of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union had fought to set a ceiling of solar power Read more
German solar is dead, it just hasn’t hit the ground yet. The shining beacon of Green light in Europe, Germany is to kill its solar renewables industry dead no later than 2018 when all Green subsidies will stop. http://toryaardvark.com/2013/07/09/germany-kills-solar-stone-dead-green-subsidies-to-end/
PNE Wind UK have submitted an appeal to the Scottish Government after their bid for a windfarm at Tralorg Hill, east of Girvan was rejected. South Ayrshire Council’s regulatory panel said no to the proposals in March, citing concerns over the impact the site would have visually on the area. Read more