IT was more by luck than judicious planning that Andrew Jamieson, chief executive of the Glasgow-based Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE), was available for interview on the day George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/people/offshore-renewable-energy-catapult-is-ready-for-action.1388753614
A SUTHERLAND crofting community is entering the new year amid friction over a planned wind turbine which it is feared will be a blot on the landscape and a turn-off for visitors. http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Fears-turbine-will-be-a-blot-on-the-landscape-03012014.htm
Climate experts say that global warming is melting sea ice faster than expected, which is why the poles currently have the most sea ice ever measured for the date. http://www.thegwpf.org/reality-check-global-sea-ice-area-largest-recorded/
Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has renewed his call for the UK Energy Minister, Michael Fallon, to ensure at least some of the coal levies raised from coal produced in Scotland be made available to restore opencast sites in Scotland. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Coal-Levy-should-help-pay-restoration-costs-808.aspx
A massive windfarm 10 miles off the Angus coast could have a devastating impact on one of the county’s major cultural assets, it has been claimed. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/council-fears-windfarm-s-impact-on-bell-rock-lighthouse-has-been-understated-1.171821
Anti-windfarm campaigners are furious after a bid to get a planning refusal overturned was lodged just days before Christmas. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/turbines-appeal-bid-fury-2980482
A wind farm company wants to build turbines near an historic Elizabethan house in a test case predicted to set a precedent for other sites http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10548424/Wind-farm-test-case-could-seen-hundreds-of-turbines-near-historic-sites.html
Britain’s demand to keep nuclear option open to reduce emissions will mean potential job losses, leaked report shows http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/02/uk-eu-renewables-targets