Controversial windfarm proposals have been scaled back over fears they could cause chaos for aircraft using Dundee Airport. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/perthshire-windfarm-plans-scaled-back-over-dundee-airport-impact-fears-1.118208
A report by experts at The University of Nottingham has shown that the British public is beginning to warm to the idea of shale gas. This doesn’t mean shale gas is a wildly popular alternative to other forms of energy but opinion appears to be shifting. http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/123936-report-finds-uk%5Cs-attitude-to-shale-gas-appears-to-be-shifting.html
GCube, a provider of renewable energy insurance services, has published a report summarising the most common wind energy insurance claims made in the United States. http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/33868/report-lists-most-common-wind-energy-insurance-claims-in-the-us/
Two thirds of one of the UK’s biggest wind farms has been built abroad, it has been disclosed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10227981/Two-thirds-of-huge-UK-wind-farm-built-by-foreign-companies.html
Group of major wind energy firms, including Statkraft, Statoil and Vattenfall, start pilot projects designed to reduce bird collisions http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2287248/will-black-wind-turbine-blades-be-enough-to-warn-off-birds
Some countryside councils attempting to block wind farms deserve to be sued by developers, the Liberal Democrats have indicated http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10226692/Councils-wrongly-opposing-wind-farms-should-pay-damages-Lib-Dems-say.html
Thirteen Cabinet ministers could face bitter rows over fracking in their constituencies, it emerged last night. Companies involved in shale gas drilling have exploration licences in areas represented by Chancellor George Osborne, a vocal supporter of the technology, and Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary Ed Davey. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385748/Thirteen-Cabinet-ministers-face-caught-fracking-protests-Drilling-licences-granted-Osborne-Gove-Hagues-constituencies.html
Rog Wood Farming correspondent The Government’s decision to freeze Feed in Tariffs (FITs) for any size Solar PV system for the remainder of 2013 is good news for Scotland, which is only beginning to take advantage of developments in Solar PV technology, said Nick Green of Savills Energy. However, many Read more…