A combined report into two separate collisions on the same day has lifted the lid on important aspects surrounding operation of the burgeoning fleet of offshore windfarm support vessels. The accidents involved passenger transfer vessels colliding with a floating target and a wind turbine off the UK east coast resulting Read more
Plans for a controversial windfarm that locals claim has already split their community have been submitted to Perth and Kinross Council. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/controversial-balbeggie-windfarm-plan-lodged-after-months-of-delay-1.177890
Government officials accused of cheerleading for fracking by sharing ‘lines to take’ and meeting for post-dinner drinks http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/17/emails-uk-shale-gas-fracking-opposition
A Scottish Natural Heritage report considering the options for decommissioning and restoring the sites of redundant wind farms has claimed that leaving the windfarm infrastructure in place would be a positive result for recreational interests. http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/snh-claims-leaving-redundant-windfarms-in-place-would-benefit-recreation/0010111/
Global investment in green energy projects has declined over the last year, according to new figures. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/green-energy-investment-falls-around-world-despite-european-support-warns-new-report/
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy wasn’t able to definitively say whether the world has gotten warmer in Senate testimony. http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/16/epa-chief-unable-to-say-if-the-world-has-gotten-warmer/#ixzz2qeu7PuIN
Business Secretary Vince Cable has warned that spiralling energy costs are becoming a “big problem” for British industry. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vince-cable-soaring-energy-costs-big-problem-uk-manufacturing-1432625
Top Church of England cleric, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, is in danger of being dragged into a row over plans for a Borders wind farm. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/top-cleric-in-turbine-plea-1-3269757