The dispute over windpark development on some of Germany’s most idyllic landscapes is heating up rapidly and massively. And should the dispute continue on its current trajectory, it won’t be long before the ugly contraptions get stopped for good. – http://notrickszone.com/2014/07/07/green-industry-suspected-of-red-kite-cleansing-to-clear-the-way-for-windpark-permitting/
Offshore windfarm developers have unveiled the proposed route of a £300million power line which they want to bury under rural Aberdeenshire. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/07/offshore-windfarm-developers-reveal-300million-power-line-route/
Lord Lawson, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, is now the head of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. So when global warming policy is debated, he has sometimes been invited to debate the issue on television and radio, often with climate scientists. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/andrewlilico/100027585/lord-lawson-the-climate-and-the-bbc-whos-the-real-expert/
The U.S., European Union and 12 other governments in the World Trade Organization have opened negotiations on a trade deal aimed at ending tariffs on environmental goods such as wind turbines and solar panels. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-08/talks-open-to-end-tariffs-on-wind-turbines-water-filters.html
Following the launch of Berwick’s community wind turbine, plans to install more renewable energy projects in the area have been revealed. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/all-news/more-community-wind-turbines-for-berwick-in-pipeline-1-3468624
Concerns have been raised that windfarms may be constructed in Fife “by the back door”. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/fears-windfarms-could-be-built-in-fife-by-back-door-1.459188
I wonder if the Scottish taxpayer and the wind-farm owners have realised the full significance of the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice confirming that there is no obligation for an EU country, even if it is importing the power, to subsidise renewable energy from another country? It Read more…
By Mark Mackay Tourism and wildlife in one of Scotland’s most scenic visitor locations would be unaffected by the presence of a windfarm, green energy developers have claimed. Ecotricity has stirred up a hornet’s nest with its proposals for 17 turbines at a sensitive location in Highland Perthshire. The chosen Read more…