Ms Thorburn, of Wind Prospect (Advertiser, June 27), claims that 71% of Scotland is in favour of wind farms. She should surely be more sceptical that means anything at all. Having claimed that a majority of Midlothian supported their proposal based on a telephone poll, within six weeks 1080 people Read more
Repower said the closure of its offices in Aarhus were part of a global programme to adjust “site structure as well as our logistics and our number of personnel”. In April, the company announced it was to cut around 750 jobs globally and reduce costs by EUR100 million by the Read more
It was the moment for green energy to shine as the biggest offshore wind farm in the world, 12 miles off the Kent coast, opened with a high profile fanfare. But as renewable energy chiefs raised a glass in celebration, Prime Minster David Cameron – while rejoicing the London Array Read more
Scotland’s wind farms are getting £19,000 in subsidies every hour, according to latest figures. Since power subsidies were introduced in 2002, developers have been given £1.84billion, with household energy bills soaring to pay for it. The figure i ncludes grossly inflated payments for energy fed into the National Grid, while Read more
THE United Kingdom would have the government of an independent Scotland “over a barrel” on renewable energy, a senior Coalition source has insisted. Up until now, Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has insisted the UK would have to rely on Scottish renewables to not only meets its green targets but Read more
For a site symbolising a future that will either poison our countryside or bring us unlimited amounts of cheap, pollution-free energy, Elswick is a distinctly underwhelming destination for a visit. The gas-power station, owned by the UK drilling company Cuadrilla, lies in the Fylde area of Lancashire and consists of Read more
ELECTRICITY giants SSE and ScottishPower are at loggerheads with their southern rivals over efforts to further delay reforms to a transmission charging system that penalises power generation north of the Border. Amid thinly veiled threats that green energy projects will be postponed or cancelled if the reforms are held up Read more
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing today announced the establishment of an Expert Commission on Energy Regulation in an independent Scotland. The Commission will be chaired by Robert Armour OBE, an energy lawyer working in the power sector in Scotland for the last 30 years, and will include a broad membership from Read more