First it was windmills, then it was fracking. Now solar farms are provoking outrage around the country as companies rush to install record numbers before an important subsidy is cut next year.… http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0bc15800-043d-11e3-a8d6-00144feab7de.html#axzz2d4DBVkh5
Germany’s version of Britain’s UKIP party is the new AfD Alternative_for_Germany party. The AfD party is the result of Germany’s established parties having stopped listening to its citizens. It takes a position against the euro-currency, the hysterical transition to renewable energies, and has cast considerable doubt over climate science itself. Read more…
A SINGLE wind turbine, 45.5m high, has been approved by the council despite concerns about the cumulative noise of it and a neighbouring turbine. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/farm-turbine-close-to-ancient-sites-gets-the-green-light-1-3056312
From April 2015, biomass producers in the UK will be required to demonstrate their fuel is sustainable or lose financial support from the government. http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/34135/uk-biomass-industry-required-to-show-sustainability-of-fuel/
Shale gas is not just about affordable energy and growth. It’s about reducing dependence on the Middle East http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article3852295.ece
PLANS for a controversial wind farm near Elgin have been withdrawn before going in front of ministers. http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Wind-company-withdraws-plans-23082013.htm
The UK Government has backed new technology that stops windfarms interfering with crucial radar systems – a development is being hailed as a “huge step” for renewable energy. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3367046