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
Germany’s wind and solar power production came to an almost complete standstill in early December. More than 23,000 wind turbines stood still. One million photovoltaic systems stopped work nearly completely. For a whole week coal, nuclear and gas power plants had to generate an estimated 95 percent of Germany’s electricity Read more
We can’t change the law for a cupcake queen. Daily blogger Peter Rhodes on Nigella and nut roasts. http://www.expressandstar.com/comment/peter-rhodes/2013/12/26/why-chuck-billions-at-wind-turbines-while-ignoring-tidal-power/
FOUR water treatment works around Scotland are now producing more energy than they use as a result of hydro power. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/water-works-create-more-energy-than-they-use.23016210
Plans which would have seen a wind turbine erected on land at Girvan Mains Farm have been rejected by Scottish Government ministers. http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/girvan-wind-turbine-plans-rejected-by-government-1-3243375
National Grid is unable to cope with extra power produced At the start of September, around 40 wind farm firms were paid £2.4million Another windy weekend in August saw £3.1million handed over http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2529297/Title-goes-here.html
Promised cut to network charges on energy bills will be reclaimed a year later with interest that could total £2m By Emily Gosden Ministers have been accused of “conning” energy consumers over promised bill cuts after it emerged that a £5 “one-off reduction” in charges by network companies next year Read more