Almost a fifth of the UK’s electricity was generated by renewables in the first three months of this year, official figures show. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/06/electricity-renewables-record-high-decc-report-finds/
A proposal for a 250-foot wind turbine on Forfar golf course has been thrown out. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/forfar-golf-course-turbine-bid-thrown-out-1.441925
A £10million plan to build a three turbine wind farm at Sorbie Farm north of Ardrossan Hill has been approved by North Ayrshire Council. http://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/threetowns/articles/2014/06/26/502315-another-ardrossan-windfarm-approved/
Households face paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much on their energy bills to fund new offshore wind farms, after ministers failed to ensure good value when awarding £16.6bn in green subsidies, the National Audit Office has found. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10929025/Households-face-paying-too-much-for-offshore-wind-farms.html
By Guy Chazan Energy costs for consumers were pushed up by the UK government’s decision to award £16.6bn of early subsidies to renewable projects without price competition, according to a critical report by the National Audit Office. The prices that renewable developers were awarded for their energy “may provide higher Read more
John Bynorth SCOTLAND’S renewable electricity output was at record levels in the first three months of the year, leaving the country still on target to meet interim targets in efforts to be reliant on green energy. A record 6,678 GWh of renewable electricity was generated by various schemes, an increase Read more