Darren Staples/Reuters If building wind farms at sea is difficult and expensive, installing turbines beneath the waves is far more so. Currents batter them; salt corrodes them. Yet Britain’s coasts have become a playground for engineers and entrepreneurs intent on producing electricity from the tides. Their efforts are beginning to Read more
The Coalition has been “sleepwalking into an energy crisis” and must adopt a £65bn plan to insulate Britain’s homes, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has claimed. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coalition-accused-of-sleepwalking-into-an-energy-crisis-9538054.html
Mark Macaskill SCOTTISH ministers have been urged to scrap a rule allowing councillors to hold “secret” shares worth up to £25,000. John Hutchison, chairman of the John Muir Trust (JMT), a conservation charity fighting the construction of wind farms in remote parts of Scotland, said councillors who are members of Read more
A project to build tidal turbines off the coast of Scotland has secured £1.85 million funding from European investors. Edinburgh-based Nova Innovation and green energy company ELSA from Belgium have teamed up to build the Shetland Tidal Array. The project comprises five 100kW tidal turbines in the Bluemull Sound site Read more