A PYLON constructed 2,500ft up a remote Scottish mountain for a controversial new power line is the highest in the UK. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/pylon-built-2500ft-up-a-mountain.25026963
DEVELOPERS of a proposed £6.7million Helensburgh Community Wind Farm will host an exhibition this weekend detailing their plans. http://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/helensburghandlomond/articles/2014/08/13/506826-wind-farm-developers-host-public-exhibition/
Windy weather and low demand for electricity led to wind farm owners being paid a record amount to switch off turbines on Monday By Edward Malnick Wind farms were paid a record sum of almost £3 million in a single day this week not to produce electricity. Strong winds amid Read more
Lark Energy logoBritish Energy Minister Ed Davey has been accused of ‘slamming the breaks on’ Britain’s fledging solar energy business as the industry yesterday launched a Judicial Review against the Government. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/solar-power-chiefs-launch-legal-challenge-over-uk-govt-policy-u-turn/
Green policies imposed by Brussels are endangering 1.5m UK jobs by saddling manufacturers with high energy costs, an influential group of business leaders has warned. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/11029681/EU-green-energy-laws-put-1.5m-UK-manufacturing-jobs-at-risk.html
Windy weather and low demand for electricity led to wind farm owners being paid a record amount to switch off turbines on Monday http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/11029583/Wind-farms-paid-record-sum-not-to-produce-electricity.html
Controversial on-shore wind farms are here to stay because they are the cheapest form of renewable energy available, according to the leader of the Green Party. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/green-party-leader-natalie-bennett-7601748
Scotland’s mountaineers are calling on MSPs and the public to help halt a hugely controversial windfarm scheme planned for Highland Perthshire. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/call-to-aid-fight-against-perthshire-turbines-bid-1.518986