Work begins next week on a Perthshire farm to build Scotland’s first community-owned co-operative wind turbine. http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/04/04/2014/144021/co-op-turbine-project-spreads-risk-and-rewards.htm
National Grid made special payments of £300m over the last 12 months to big energy companies – sometimes for switching off their power stations in an attempt to “balance” the system. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/03/gas-company-payments-dwarf-similar-windfarms-national-grid
Who is winning the clean energy race? The British wind industry, says new report/Renewable Uk http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/press-releases.cfm/who-is-winning-the-clean-energy-race-the-british-wind-industry-says-new-report
Ireland’s DP Energy is set to become Europe’s largest independent developer of tidal stream projects after taking over the lease from Perth-based Scottish & Southern Energy’s from the Crown Estate. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/new-blow-for-scots-renewables-as-sse-sells-orkney-wave-project-to-irelands-dp-energy/
A number of Labour and Liberal MSPs in the Scottish Parliament have combined to question the government’s National Planning Framework – which is likely to form the policy for determining controversial wind-parc planning applications in ‘wild land’ areas in Scotland. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/opposition-msps-question-scottish-wind-farm-planning-policy/
What is community ownership of renewables, and what could it mean for the future of Scotland’s energy generation? by Liam Kirkaldy Apr When Eigg switched on its electricity grid on 1 February 2008, it marked the first time in the history of the island that residents and businesses had continuous Read more
IT is no surprise that those charged with promoting an industry bloated by subsidy are predicting doom over the news that David Cameron is considering pulling the plug on onshore wind (“Warning over curb on wind turbines”, The Herald, April 3). Niall Stewart, the chief executive of Scottish Renewables, insists Read more