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November 2013

Plan for more turbines at Little Raith windfarm ‘beggars belief’/The Courier

Anti-windfarm campaigners in Fife say it “beggars belief” that the first commercial windfarm in the kingdom could almost double. The Courier reported on Wednesday that Kennedy Renewables is taking steps towards increasing the number of turbines at Little Raith farm, near Cowdenbeath. The site, adjoining Mosmorran petrochemical plant, is already Read more

By SAS web admin, 12 years ago November 24, 2013

Wind projects need £100bn more cash to hit EU targets, warns new report/Energy Voice

Wind projects across Europe will require more than £100billion investment over the next seven years if they are to meet power provision targets, it has been claimed. But ongoing concerns over the changes to energy industry regulations in the UK and Germany put the industry at risk of meeting the Read more

By SAS web admin, 12 years ago November 24, 2013

Climate deal in doubt after US and China fail to set date/The Times

Negotiations over a global deal on climate change were deadlocked last night on the key question of setting a deadline for countries to propose targets for cutting emissions. The US suggested the deadline could be set at March 2015 but China was reluctant to agree any date, making it less Read more

By SAS web admin, 12 years ago November 24, 2013

Warsaw climate change talks falter as EU and developing countries clash/The Guardian

United Nations talks on climate change were on the brink of breaking down on Friday as a group of developing countries launched a furious attack on the European Union over plans to set out a timetable towards a global deal on greenhouse gas emissions. Rows over whether rich countries should Read more

By SAS web admin, 12 years ago November 24, 2013

Bishop embroiled in ‘profits before people’ wind turbines row/The Telegraph

One of the most senior clerics in the Church of England is facing a row over plans to build wind turbines on historic church land, a decision opponents claim puts profit before parishioners. The Rt Rev Paul Butler, the next Bishop of Durham, has overseen plans to install the controversial Read more

By SAS web admin, 12 years ago November 24, 2013

Energy company to pay out $1m over eagle deaths at wind farms/The Telegraph

The U.S. government for the first time has enforced environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities, winning a $1 million settlement from a power company that pleaded guilty to killing 14 eagles and 149 other birds at two wind farms in the western state of Wyoming. The Obama administration Read more

By SAS web admin, 12 years ago November 24, 2013

US firm Duke Energy pays out over wind farm eagle deaths/BBC NEWS

A huge US energy supplier has agreed to pay out $1m (£620,000) over the deaths of golden eagles at two wind farms. Duke Energy Renewables agreed to the sum after pleading guilty to charges over the deaths of 14 eagles in the past three years at the Wyoming sites. It Read more

By SAS web admin, 12 years ago November 24, 2013

Wind farm would be another ‘appalling scar’ on landscape/Berwick Avertiser

A nine-turbine wind farm at Belford Burn would be an “appalling scar” on the landscape, according to nearby residents and some tourists. Representatives from applicant Energiekontor and Northumberland County Council’s planning department were left in no doubt of the strength of feeling against the development at a public meeting on Read more

By SAS web admin, 12 years ago November 24, 2013

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