Bloomberg New Energy Finance warns combination of policy and construction risks could deter investors http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2319128/fresh-questions-raised-over-uk-offshore-wind-plans
RenewableUK will today release in-depth new research revealing the cause of certain wind turbine noises and the technical measures needed to tackle the problem, alongside proposed planning conditions to help ensure developers take steps to minimise turbine noise. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2319068/industry-reveals-plan-to-tackle-wind-turbine-noise
UK families pay £95 per MWh for wind, compared to £27 MWh in Brazil Damning report by Policy Exchange urges government to slash costs Energy Minister Michael Fallon is set to unveil detailed plans about how to make subsidies more competitive http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524388/Wind-energy-costs-times-UK-Brazil-way-green-subsidies-handed-out.html#ixzz2nd0NqffR
THE Glenapp Estate Company has returned to the black after seeing improvements in the prices of beef and timber. Annual accounts for the business, which includes the Earl of Inchcape and his son Viscount Fergus Glenapp among its directors, show turnover increased from £2.34 million to £2.56m. That increase in Read more
THE Government should act “ruthlessly” to cut subsidies paid to green energy producers in order to reduce household bills, a report has recommended. The Policy Exchange think tank said renewable energy subsidies should be reduced if the technologies fail to come down in cost under strict time limits. The report Read more
Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor A FORMER soldier with links to MI6, a Highland laird with his own whisky distillery, a stockbroker caught up in the Barings bank collapse, and the chairman of Arsenal Football Club have emerged as some of the new big donors to the pro-Union Better Together Read more
By Laura Paterson A HIGHLAND primary school that campaigned against a string of huge pylons has snubbed the energy giant behind the controversial project. SSE asked Teanassie Primary School to star in a video about its network, including the huge Beauly-Denny power line. But head teacher Alison Donald rejected the Read more
A Swedish study found that the planet was warmer in ancient Roman times and the Middle Ages than today, challenging the mainstream idea that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main drivers of global warming http://www.thegwpf.org/study-earth-warmer-roman-medieval-times/