Historic subsidies propping up US wind energy ended on January 1 and Congress refused to renew them, despite supporters arguing that the aid has made renewable power cheaper than coal. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140115/blown-away-us-suspends-wind-power-subsidies-now
Swedish energy firm Vattenfall is to sell off its majority share of Hamburg’s electricity grid in a a £460million deal. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/vattenfall-sells-hamburg-grid-stake/
Plans for a ‘community’ windfarm near Balbeggie in Scotland have been submitted. http://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/plans-submitted-for-community-partnership-windfarm/966442#.Utf17cuYapo
According to recent reports in the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, the BBC spent thousands of pounds attempting to thwart a Freedom of Information request regarding an eco-conference BBC executives attended, leading Friends of Science to ask whether the BBC is fairly reporting climate change and energy events. Friends Read more…
America’s looming switch to a net exporter of energy has big implications for the dollar, world trade and US relations with China http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10575331/US-shale-revolution-will-transform-global-economy-says-BP.html
Angry local people are once again fighting to stop wind turbines being built near their homes. http://www.montrosereview.co.uk/news/local-headlines/fight-against-rossie-wind-turbines-1-3268045
Construction of a community wind turbine expected to generate an income of £2.3 million over the next 25 years has been completed. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/video-wind-turbine-project-nearing-completion-1-3269082
By Richard Watt Plans for new wind turbines in Angus have been backed by a Scottish Government reporter after a successful appeal. The decision angered anti-windfarm campaigners, who described it as “perverse”. Richard Dent of the directorate for planning and environmental appeals upheld the Polar Energy (Finlarg) appeal for Lumley Read more…