David Ross Highland Correspondent German engineering giant Siemens has installed a market-ready version of its gearless wind turbine. The project is taking place on energy firm SSE’s test site at Hunterston, North Ayrshire, in preparation for the development of offshore wind farms round Britain. The company says the coastal location Read more
Nearly 90 percent of Blackdog Households Objected to EOWDC Wind Farm Substation 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, Read more
Renewable energy is blamed for jeopardising Europe’s energy security this winter, a new study has found. EurActiv France reports. http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/power-outages-threaten-europe-news-531032
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03dzdds/The_Andrew_Marr_Show_13_10_2013/ Andrew Marr is joined by key political personalities and cultural figures to discuss topical politics, current affairs and the arts. Guests include energy secretary Ed Davey MP, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt MP, director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer, and education activist Malala Yousafzai. Sir Tim Rice was on Read more
When Ed Miliband, leader of the UK’s opposition Labour party, promised in September to freeze energy prices if he won the country’s next general election, it caught Britain’s business elite by surprise. It should not have done. In stark contrast to the US, where gas prices fell to 10-year lows Read more
The government should not continue to inflict upon us increases in costs for heat and light on the basis of a poor hypothesis Sir, The Blair/Brown governments’ head-in-sand policy on long-term energy security delivered us into Vladimir Putin’s hands, and Ed Miliband as Energy Secretary greatly increased our “green” taxes. Read more
Friday, May 20, 2011 In April, six Scottish wind farm companies were paid £300,000 (US$485,000) to shut down generation. The problem? Over a two-day period they were producing too much electricity. UK wind power groups were cock-a-hoop. At last, a good news wind energy story not built on the quicksand Read more
Matt Ridley Pride in our offshore wind farms is wildly misplaced. They are costlier than all other forms of energy Here’s a short quiz. Question One: which source of energy is allowed to charge the highest price for its electricity? Question Two: which source of energy is expected to receive Read more