It has been a dramatic year in the energy industry. The ongoing growth of renewable energy was marked with controversy over subsidies and key projects being cancelled, while investment in the North Sea reached record levels – yet major firms announced plans to scale back or withdraw from the region Read more…
Green energy campaigners have called for more homes and businesses to harness the power of the sun after solar capacity hit a new high. http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/12/calls-solar-use-scotland/
Fergus Ewing Fergus Ewing CONFIDENCE in Scotland’s offshore windfarms such as the Beatrice project in the outer Moray Firth has been rocked by a UK Government decision to restrict financial support for the sector, according to objectors. http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Funding-restrictions-could-put-Beatrice-scheme-in-jeopardy-26122013.htm
Councils are wasting millions of pounds on wind turbines that are not working or will take hundreds of years to repay because they are generating as little as £13 worth of energy a month. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10524840/Councils-waste-millions-on-ineffective-wind-turbines-that-will-take-190-years-to-repay.html