Ann Treneman There was a spooky moment on the Today programme when Ed Davey, broadcasting from the very wet nuclear power plant site of Hinkley Point C in Somerset, suddenly disappeared. “We seem to have lost the line to Ed,” said presenter Sarah Montague. Silence. It was like the Bermuda Read more…
Prime Ministers Questions/BBC iPlayer (2.35 -12.00 mins in) http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03fmht7/Prime_Ministers_Questions_23_10_2013/
Ineos, the chemicals group, is considering shutting down its plant in Grangemouth, Scotland, due to rising costs and the decline in production of gas from the North Sea. Its chairman singles out energy costs, which he says has been driven up by high environmental taxes on consumers. http://www.thegwpf.org/britains-energy-crisis-grangemouth-chemical-plant-close/
The Voice of Russia today has a report titled Scottish in fear of bad weather more than terrorism. At first I thought it was about just another twisted survey to give the impression that people fear global warming climate change and the extremes it’s supposedly brings. http://notrickszone.com/
Environmental concerns should not be used as an “excuse” to drag out decisions over applications for fracking, Chancellor George Osborne has said http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10396672/Osborne-I-would-love-fracking-to-get-going-in-UK.html
I NOTE with interest the contribution from Elizabeth Marshall (Letters, October 22) regarding the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point and her view that Scots will be “subsidising the energy needs of the wealthier south of England”. This assumption is questionable and probably less valid than the related view Read more…
Ignacio Martín, executive chairman of the Basque company, indicated that he did not think independence would make a big difference to the Scottish wind industry, speaking more frankly about the political situation than many business leaders. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/gamesas-chief-plays-down-yes-vote-impact.22493918
Ian Marchant is to join the board of Aggreko from November 1. It is the second significant non-executive appointment for Mr Marchant, 52, who stepped down as chief executive of SSE on July 1 after a decade in charge at Perth. Last month, Infinis, the renewable energy group set up Read more…