Wind power in the U.S. is on a respirator. The $14 billion industry, the world’s second-largest buyer of wind turbines, is reeling from a double blow — cheap natural gas unleashed by the hydraulic fracturing revolution and the death last year of federal subsidies that made wind the most competitive Read more
Wind farm operators are being asked to make their turbines available to balance the grid at night over the summer. http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/04/08/wanted-more-wind-farms-to-balance-grid-at-night/
The UK Energy Secretary has clashed with Scotland’s First Minister about the impact independence could have on the crucial energy sector. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/04/davey-salmond-clash-independence-impact-energy-industry/
First Minister Alex Salmond will later today (Tuesday) speak at the ‘Bloomberg Future of Energy Summit’, one of the world’s most prestigious annual energy events, where he will highlight Scotland’s potential to become the intellectual powerhouse of green energy. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/First-Minister-Scotland-can-be-intellectual-powerhouse-of-green-energy-b42.aspx
Europe taught us to spare no expense in supporting wind and solar projects, the better to help the planet survive. Now Europe is teaching us how to tear down those same projects, the better to help ratepayers, and politicians, survive http://www.thegwpf.org/lawrence-solomon-europe-is-beginning-to-dismantle-wind-solar-farms/
London, 8 April: A new report published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation is calling for Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education, to institute an official inquiry into the way environmentalism and in particular climate change are being taught in schools. http://www.thegwpf.org/new-report-reveals-green-brainwashing-in-uk-schools/
IN launching its report arguing for a greater say in UK energy policy, the Scottish Government claims that this would contribute to security of supply, that the “lower marginal cost” of wind will ensure reliability and affordability and that “subsidies” for new nuclear dwarf those for wind and marine (“SNP: Read more
MICHAEL SETTLE and MAGNUS GARDHAM THE Scottish Government has come under fire after claims renewable energy from an independent Scotland would be needed to keep the UK’s lights on. The UK Government will publish its latest analysis paper tomorrow, stressing the benefits of the UK’s “strong, stable consumer and tax Read more