January 15, 2014

New figures show investment fell to $254bn in 2013, with a drop in Europe of 41% http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/15/global-investment-clean-energy-falls

A SCOTTISH government research project will investigate the impact Neilston community wind farm has on the community. http://www.glasgowsouthandeastwoodextra.co.uk/news/local-headlines/residents-hope-for-wind-of-change-1-3269469

Reduced solar activity may be behind the global warming pause according to a new paper by Peter Stauning of the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark. http://www.thegwpf.org/paper-sun-causing-global-warming-pause/

A Coldingham couple are leaving no stone unturned in their fight to have the public right of way across the moor as accessible as it was before the Drone Hill wind farm arrived. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/drone-hill-wind-farm-1-3268858

Last week the energy blogger Chris Goodall published, on two websites, a comment on Professor Hughes’ study for REF on the degradation of wind turbine performance over time (See Carbon Commentary; and also the website of the Ecologist magazine). http://www.ref.org.uk/ref-blog

David Cameron calls many opponents of fracking “irrational” and says they are “religiously opposed” to the controversial technique. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10572517/Fracking-opponents-are-irrational-says-David-Cameron.html

The number of onshore wind farms granted planning permission has risen by two thirds in the past three years, official figures have revealed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10571988/Number-of-planned-onshore-wind-farms-rises-by-two-thirds.html

POISON pen letters have been sent to a retired doctor and her husband after they objected to plans for a wind farm near their home.   http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/453945/Sinister-letters-sent-to-critics-of-wind-farm-scheme