Dr Capell Aris has worked as a reactor physics specialist, in information technology systems and is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology. http://www.conservativehome.com/thinktankcentral/2014/10/dr-capell-aris-is-our-present-wind-fleet-really-fit-for-purpose.html
Wind farms produce 90% of potential power output for only 17 hours a year Families and businesses have paid billions to subsidise building of turbines Tories have pledged to end subsidies as Britain is set to meet EU targets http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2808868/Wind-farms-never-lights-Study-claims-turbines-expensive-deeply-inefficient.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Industry minister says that because electricity consumption has fallen 15%, the RET must be reduced by the same amount http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/26/ian-macfarlane-coalition-is-sticking-to-reduction-in-renewable-energy-target
Fossil fuel is still required to manage and maintain wind farm equipment http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/11186511/The-hidden-costs-of-relying-on-wind-power.html
Shadowy pro-green lobbyists working at every level of the Establishment Organisations are channelling tens of millions of pounds into green policies Elite lobby group linked to Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the WWF Current energy policies shaped by the Green Blob will cost up to £400billion If continued, there Read more
Residents have hit out at the developers of the proposed five-turbine Helensburgh wind farm – after they didn’t receive a survey sent out to all home owners via Royal Mail asking their opinions on the development. Alexander Clark and Susan Miskelly both contacted the Advertiser after reading in last week’s Read more
One of the largest banks in the world is set to invest in community-run renewable energy projects after being hugely impressed with a wind farm in the Western Isles. http://news.stv.tv/scotland/297040-santander-to-invest-in-stornoway-community-run-renewables-project/
A High Court judge today imposed a 3 mph speed limit on vehicles operating on a mountain wind farm project in a bid to stop sheep being scared. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/judge-imposes-three-miles-per-hour-speed-limit-on-wind-farm-to-stop-sheep-being-scared-30689963.html