A large majority of consumers oppose green levies on household energy bills and support the Prime Minister’s plans to “roll them back”, according to a new poll. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/energy-poll-majority-oppose-green-levies-022726117.html
As Britons buckle under the pressure of soaring energy bills, The Independent on Sunday can reveal the energy companies that are saving millions by exploiting a legal tax loophole. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/exclusive-the-other-energy-scandal–power-giants-use-loophole-to-cut-their-own-tax-bills-8906447.html
SEVERAL groups in East Renfrewshire have benefited from a windfall – literally http://www.glasgowsouthandeastwoodextra.co.uk/news/local-headlines/whitelee-wind-farm-fund-spreads-the-cash-1-3155349
A major part of Germany’s SPD socialist party, which is Germany’s second largest party behind Angela Merkel’s CDU conservative party, is coming to its economic and social senses on the issues climate change and renewable energy. The threat of social unrest and lack of warming are gradually changing minds. – Read more…
Local groups in the Mearns could benefit from an £18,300 cash boost in the latest instalment of funding on behalf of the Tullo windfarm. http://www.kincardineshireobserver.co.uk/news/local-headlines/applications-sought-for-community-cash-windfall-1-3155026
Dear Sir, Your report that Samsung Heavy Industries “revealed that it has invested £70 milllion” in its experimental turbine at Methil piqued my curiosity. Where precisely has this £70 million been spent? I understand that the turbine blades have come from Denmark, the tower from China and the nacelle from Read more…
A controversial Westminster move to cut green energy taxes could be the “death knell” for new wind farms in the Highlands, it has been claimed. Amid mounting public pressure about soaring energy charges David Cameron announced this week that the UK government would review green levies in a bid to Read more…
Germany’s Defective Green Energy Game Plan A Commentary By Alexander Neubacher Germany pretends to be a pioneer in the green revolution. But its massively expensive Energiewende has done nothing to make the environment cleaner or encourage genuine efficiency. One writer argues: Either do it right, or don’t do it at Read more…