Rising energy bills, poor sales practices and problems with fuel poverty have contributed to a significant increase in energy-related enquiries, a consumer advice organisation has said. In 2012/13, consumers attended their local Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) seeking help with 9,869 energy-related issues – an increase from 9,500 in 2011/12 while Read more
As renewable energy generation grows in popularity, how are wind farms affecting local house prices? Renewable energy technology has potential global environmental benefits in terms of reduced CO2 emissions and slower depletion of natural energy resources. But like most power generation and transmission infrastructure, the associated plant, access services and Read more
A PROTECTED area of countryside near Cumnock would be IMPROVED if an eight turbine wind farm was built on the land. That’s according to a report by ecology experts drafted in by High Cumnock developers Banks Renewables. The wind energy company have laid out a series of improvements at the Read more
Church of England commissioners are facing a growing backlash over their involvement in plans for a massive wind farm south of Hawick. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/business/backlash-grows-over-church-s-wind-farm-role-1-3279409
Europe’s anticarbon policy implosion ought to be a lesson to Americans, though most U.S. media still fail to report it. But eventually facts prevail, even in Washington. http://www.thegwpf.org/editorial-whistling-wind-farm/
Recent reports claim that China is the “new global powerhouse for renewable energy.” Unfortunately, the numbers do not square with this rosy picture. Once again, in 2013, coal was the big winner. As the detailed below, it’s clear that new fossil energy output in China, most of it coal, exceeded Read more
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond came under fire yesterday after it was revealed that he is to give Malawi an additional £400,000 of taxpayers’ money for green energy projects while thousands of Scots struggle to pay soaring heating bills. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/455507/Fury-at-400-000-green-energy-handout-for-Malawi-as-Scots-OAPs-shiver
David Cameron is a most reliable weather vane. Last week, surrounded by billionaire industrialists in Davos, the prime minister proclaimed that Britain would follow America in a single-minded drive to reduce its energy costs for manufacturers, via the oil and gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/comment/columns/dominiclawson/article1367443.ece