A Greenpeace “property” website is warning homeowners in Courier Country they could be fracked. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk/greenpeace-website-warns-homeowners-they-could-be-fracked-1.142662
There is a growing risk of power shortages over the next few years, according to a report commissioned for the prime minister. The Royal Academy of Engineering said the closure of older power plants and the slow progress in building news ones was likely to stretch the system “close Read more
Renewable energy developer RES UK has welcomed a decision by the Scottish government to clear its plans for a wind farm in the Scottish Borders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24557992
One of the world’s smallest marine mammals could scupper plans for an enormous off-shore wind farm near the North Devon Coast. http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/Atlantic-Array-protesters-pin-hopes-harbour/story-19808120-detail/story.html#axzz2fEQLaWM2
The Scottish Government has confirmed ministers will continue granting planning permission for large wind farms that do not have a licence to generate electricity from the industry regulator. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10384059/SNP-ministers-ignore-court-ruling-on-large-wind-farms.html
This goes well beyond the cutting of corners and bending of rules that have characterised the Scottish Government’s blind pursuit of the world’s most ambitious renewable targets. As an eminent judge’s impeccably argued ruling threatens to stall a substantial tranche of wind farm development, Scottish Ministers have decided their renewable Read more
Before the Obama Administration marches America to renewable-energy nirvana, it may want to inspect what success looks like in Europe. The Continent is much closer than the U.S. to realizing its dream of replacing carbon energy sources with wind and solar, and the dream is starting to look like a Read more
Blackdog, Scotland — Just over 60 households objected to the substation Vattenfall proposed to build over an old and contaminated landfill 400 feet away from their homes. As the late October decision day for the Formartine Area Committee nears, the Protect Blackdog movement is gaining momentum. Local leaders collected and Read more