ScottishPower has been accused of contaminating a private water supply to homes in the shadow of Europe’s biggest wind farm and of failing to tell the community that its drinking water could endanger health. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article3875305.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_09_20
Britain’s biggest energy giant British Gas is planning to hit millions of customers with price increases of £100 or up to 8 per cent, taking household energy bills to record levels just as temperatures begin to fall. http://www.thegwpf.org/greenest-government-driving-energy-bills-record-levels/
Germany’s top economic adviser has called for a radical rethink of the country’s energy policies, warning that the green dream is going badly wrong as costs spiral out of control. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10321173/Germany-industry-in-revolt-as-green-dream-causes-cost-spiral.html
The enormous machine components took up both lanes as they travelled along the Kingsway, struggling to navigate the roundabouts. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/wind-turbine-convoy-lorries-on-move-through-dundee-1.132874
UKIP’s Nigel Farage told ELN today the UK needs “cheap energy” and the Government should “scrap” policy backing wind power. http://www.energylivenews.com/2013/09/20/we-need-cheap-energy-so-scrap-wind-says-ukip-leader/