Businesses, cooperatives, local authorities, schools and housing associations should be given financial support to install medium-sized renewable energy generating systems – such as solar arrays, wind turbines and district heating systems – because of the benefits these projects can bring to communities and the country as a whole, MPs on Read more
Might Offshore Group Newcastle, which builds foundations for windfarms, rethink its generous donations to the Conservatives, after David Cameron’s new-found zeal for fracking? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/10240955/City-Diary-Will-Camerons-generous-green-energy-donor-become-fracked-off.html
Press and Journal By Stuart Findlay A north councillor has accused a planning committee of costing the public a “fortune” after decisions on two windfarm developments in Caithness were postponed for councillors to visit the sites. Highland Council’s north planning application committee met yesterday to determine the applications, which the Read more
ENERGY companies in Scotland were paid almost £2 million not to generate electricity on one day this month. A total of £1.84m in constraint payments was given to 28 wind farms north of the Border because generation was outstripping demand on August 3. The National Grid said the payments could Read more
Is James Delingpole the only man in the UK who has the nerve to say what everyone else is thinking? God bless him; he is a ray of sunshine in an otherwise dismal world! Goan yersel big man!! http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100230838/jacamerons-coalition-of-liars-trimmers-and-charlatans-are-destroying-britains-landscape/
Alex Salmond’s drive to promote the rapid spread of wind farms is again under fire after energy companies were paid nearly £2 million to stop Scottish turbines producing electricity on a single day just over a week ago. By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor Critics claim that there are already Read more
Greig Cameron Deputy Business Editor Scotrenewables Tidal Power has chosen Scrabster Harbour to do maintenance work on its tidal turbine. It is the first tidal device to arrive at the Caithness port, Scotland’s most northerly, following a major overhaul to add deeper harbour channels and a larger pier to cater Read more
Kinross-shire Civic Trust chairman Alistair Smith extended an invitation to Scotland Against Spin to join them on their Trust stand at the Kinross Show. Not an opportunity to be missed team members turned up with SAS displays and literature and spent a very busy day engaging with visitors to the Read more