Oil giant Statoil will use its Peterhead offshore windfarm plans to search for a green energy first – turbines that can survive without government subsidies. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/05/statoil-aims-offshore-windfarm-requires-subsidy/
CROSSGATES Community Council have objected to plans to build the tallest wind turbines in Fife next to the village. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/villages/articles/2014/05/26/499264-village-blast-against-tallest-wind-turbines-in-fife/
THE announcement of a possible doubling in the capacity of the Cruachan hydro-electric scheme in Argyll has stimulated public debate around the perception of pumped storage as a means of storing the energy randomly and inconsistently generated by “renewables” such as wind turbines. Pumped storage involves the pumping of water, Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent Two vital projects on a remote Hebridean island could be undermined because its community wind turbine lost around £150,000 in revenue in the first three months of this year due to failed grid connections. The wind was turning the blades of Tiree’s turbine, christened Tilley, but Read more