A controversial wind farm proposal has provoked a prominent QC into accusing Scottish ministers of running roughshod over the law. Ministers have refused to halt a public inquiry into the 34-turbine Glenmorie wind farm in Easter Ross, despite the developer not having a licence to generate electricity. Last month a Read more…
On paper at least, planning reforms in Scotland should ensure protection for the best natural landscapes from being destroyed by onshore wind – but will they? http://www.holyrood.com/2013/10/breathing-space/
The Green Deal, the government’s flagship home energy-saving scheme, which was meant to create up to 60,000 jobs by 2015, has instead caused up to 7,000 redundancies, with more likely to follow. http://www.thegwpf.org/green-flop-camerons-green-jobs-promise-smoke/
Britain is sleep walking its way into a new energy crisis that will see millions of motorists hit by petrol “super spikes”, the AA warned tonight, as talks to resolve the bitter dispute at Grangemouth oil refinery collapsed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/10389188/Britain-sleep-walking-into-new-energy-crisis-as-Grangemouth-shuts-down-AA-warns.html
The spirits of Duns Christmas Lights committee have been lit up thanks to a £10,000 grant from the Blackhill Windfarm Fund. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/duns-gets-10-000-christmas-lights-grant-1-3149064
Senior Tories are drawing up a secret plan to cut green taxes as part of a radical overhaul of the energy industry designed to reduce customers’ bills. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10391198/Coalition-at-war-over-energy-policy-as-Tories-plan-to-cut-green-taxes.html
Foreign-owned firms are building expensive turbines offshore but there is a far more efficient alternative http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10389434/Mini-nukes-beat-monster-wind-farms-on-every-count.html
Wind farms have scarred the British landscape and turned the public against the renewable energy agenda, an Energy Minister has conceded. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2467726/Energy-Minister-Greg-Barker-We-wind-farms-wrong-place.html