The UK’s Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank today reported an operating loss of £5.7 million in its first full financial year. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/green-investment-bank-today-launches-1-billion-uk-offshore-wind-fund/
David Cameron’s planned subsidy cuts for U.K. wind power are unsettling the investors the prime minister needs to fund infrastructure of all kinds, the company developing one of the nation’s biggest wind farms said. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-24/cameron-cuts-for-wind-unsettle-u-k-investors-vattenfall.html
SNP ministers have prevented councils from declaring a temporary ban on the construction of more wind farms even where the National Grid would struggle to carry the electricity they generate. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10920605/SNP-prevents-councils-from-imposing-ban-on-more-wind-farms.html
SCOTTISH Borders Council’s attempts to curb the surge of new wind farms in the region have been greeted with a predictably hostile response from renewable energy companies. http://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/borders/articles/2014/06/24/502023-wind-farm-firms-fight-back-against-turbine-curbs/
According to renewable energy industry magazine Recharge News, Samsung Heavy Industries is pulling back from activities in the offshore wind sector while it undertakes a strategic review. Samsung’s Methil Turbine “Out of Wind” According to Industry Magazine
David Ross Highland Correspondent THE final version of a map of Scotland’s wildest land has been welcomed by conservationists but will continue to be controversial in some crofting areas. The map, which supports the Government’s new planning policy framework, was produced by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to identify the most Read more
Measures to reduce the impact of “fracking” on communities and banning wind farms from Scotland’s national parks have been included in the latest planning policies from the Scottish Government. A new planning framework and policies have been drawn up to help determine planning decisions across the country in areas such Read more
THE Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has expanded its portfolio in Scotland with the acquisition of a windfarm in Aberdeenshire The Meikle Carewe site, near Stonehaven, has been bought, along with the Tallentire facility at Cockermouth, Cumbria, in a deal worth £19.1 million. Both windfarms have been bought from renewable energy Read more