October 2013

GERMANY: Several onshore wind turbine fires in Germany in recent months have triggered media interest, with even financial newspaper Handelsblatt reporting a single turbine fire in Saxony Anhalt. http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1218982/german-media-focus-turbine-fires

Dangers of shale gas extraction mainly come from operational failure not emissions, according to Public Health England http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/31/fracking-emissions-low-health-risk-shale-gas

Lord Donoughue: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) the likelihood and timing of any future phase of global cooling, and (2) the potential impact on the United Kingdom and global economies of any future extensive glaciation; and what precautionary plans they have to limit Read more

PLANS to build a wind farm on the hills above Dumbarton and the Vale have been refused. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/dumbarton/articles/2013/10/31/476823-lomond-energy-wind-farm-plans-suffer-a-big-blow/

MPs fear a 60-turbine offshore windfarm in the Solway Firth could be “expanded by stealth” http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.1095219

Developers have lodged an appeal over a proposed wind farm on Brunta Hill near Westruther in Berwickshire after it was blocked by Scottish Borders Council. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24757029

Renewable subsidies ‘won’t be touched’ by PM’s green levies review http://www.energylivenews.com/2013/10/31/renewable-subsidies-%E2%80%98won%E2%80%99t-be-touched%E2%80%99-by-pm%E2%80%99s-green-levies-review/