November 2013

Ever-rising energy prices are the product of green attacks on our consumption habits. http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/why_greens_love_high_fuel_bills/14333#.UpRujjZFCpp

Shares in a Highland community wind co-operative are selling faster than similar projects in other parts of the UK. http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/11/high-demand-join-scots-wind-co-operative-project/

Developer RWE Innogy is pulling the plug on the 240-turbine Atlantic Array project, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) told the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25095868

By Jeevan Vasagar wind power project in Germany©Alamy Economies of scale: Germany’s wind power project is a huge undertaking Before Germany’s big shift to renewable energy, electricity for industry was produced where it was needed; near the manufacturing heartlands of the Ruhr and greater Stuttgart. But now that nuclear reactors Read more

Study says fracking would dramatically reduce reliance on expensive energy imports and create a million new jobs. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10473418/Shale-could-add-3-trillion-to-Europes-economies.html

Planning permission has been granted for a trio of wind turbines on farmland north of Whitfield. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/permission-granted-to-turbines-proposal-near-whitfield-1.157548

The Waubra Foundation has just issued an “Explicit Warning Notice” to wind turbine manufacturers, developers, acousticians and governments worldwide. http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/59466

The steps in Warsaw towards a new global climate change deal looked more like shuffling of feet http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2013/nov/25/climate-change-warsaw-rich-countries-blame-paris-deal