July 2014

Biomass power plants could be worse for the environment than coal-fired stations, analysis has suggested. http://www.thegwpf.org/biomass-power-plant-worse-than-coal-fired-power-plant/

SUBSIDIES for renewable energy are one of the most contested areas of public policy. Billions are spent nursing the infant solar- and wind-power industries in the hope that they will one day undercut fossil fuels and drastically reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being put into the atmosphere. The idea Read more

RenewableUK says today’s publication by the Department of Energy and Climate Change of the draft budget for the first allocation round of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) brings a greater level of clarity on the future level of financial support for renewable energy projects. http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/124977-renewable-energy-sector-reacts-with-anger-to-subsidy-funding-plans.html

Communities could be paid millions of pounds just to consider having a facility to bury nuclear waste in their area, the Government has said. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/07/communities-offered-1million-discuss-nuclear-waste/

Finite budget for green energy subsidies is now on the verge of exhaustion, leaving nearly a dozen proposed offshore wind farms facing uncertain fate http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10989789/Offshore-wind-farms-in-doubt-as-subsidy-pot-can-fund-just-one-project.html

A Scottish renewables trade body has taken a fresh approach to spreading the word about green energy – in a new online animation. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/07/renewables-made-fun-new-animation/

Communities across Carrick are set to reap the benefits from the Tralorg Wind farm. http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/tralorg-windfarm-to-benefit-carrick-communities-1-3485545

By Richard Burdge Confirmation that all plans for a Perthshire windfarm have been dropped has been welcomed by local people. The Scottish Government recently rejected the controversial proposal that would have seen nine giant wind turbines erected near the Sma’ Glen, not far from Crieff. Now the group behind the Read more