By Jim Pickard and Mure Dickie Scotland’s government loves to talk of the windy and wave-pounded northern nation as a potential powerhouse of low-carbon energy but warnings that independence could make this focus on renewables a heavy burden for consumers are a less welcome topic. With rising consumer energy Read more
The Energy and Climate Change Committee will take evidence in public on the Outcomes of Warsaw COP 19 at 11 am on Tuesday 10 December 2013 in the Grimond Room, Portcullis House. (Video)
A new report has claimed that the UK has missed out on thousands of jobs because Westminster failed to develop a home-grown supply chain before handing huge subsidies to green energy firms. Norman Smith – a former civil servant who was central in the development of the North Sea oil Read more
A SCOTTISH coal-fired power station is one of Europe’s top polluters, according to environmentalists who claim the plant’s emissions affect the health of people for hundreds of miles around. Longannet in Kincardine, run by ScottishPower, was highlighted by international group the Health and Environment Alliance (Heal) in a document produced Read more
An industry takeover deal involving two wind turbine companies has prompted renewed optimism that a solution can be found to a long-standing problem involving failed community power schemes. The Scottish government, through Community Energy Scotland, has invested millions of pounds of public money in 19 small wind farm projects across Read more
TWO giant wind turbines nearly twice as tall as the Wallace Monument could bring a £587,000 windfall to Crossgates if given the go-ahead. More than 50 residents turned out for an information day on the project, organised by Airvolution Energy Ltd at the village’s community centre, recently. The firm is Read more
HIS name strikes fear into the hearts of opponents of wind farm developments. Paul Griffiths, a planning appeals official who is nicknamed “Inspector Blight”, has granted permission to developers to erect turbines in almost every case he has heard. His rulings in favour of wind farm developers have continued even Read more
The UK’s largest coal-fired power station – Drax in Yorkshire – plans to convert half of its boilers to run on biomass in a bid to cut carbon emissions by 80%. UK energy secretary Ed Davey today opened the £700 million Drax coal-to-biomass conversion plant project which will see three Read more