David Ross It wasn’t in George Osborne’s Budget speech, but it was in one of the voluminous documents which accompanies the Chancellor’s star turn at the Dispatch Box. A small section numbered 1.217. It says: “The government will consult on reducing electricity distribution costs for consumers in the North of Read more
The cost of environmental levies to support projects such as wind farms, solar panels and biomass plants will rise from £3.1billion last year to £9.4billion by the end of the decade, according tothe Office for Budget Responsibility. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/11483899/Green-levies-on-energy-bills-to-treble-by-2020-because-of-renewable-targets-official-figures-suggest.html
By Jane Candlish A campaign group fighting to protect a scenic glen south of Inverness have welcomed proposals to change the site of a proposed substation in the area. But Save Strathdearn say they still have concerns about the planned access route to the site near Tomatin. Earlier this Read more
Plans for a controversial wind turbine outside a Greenock factory have been refused, the Tele can reveal. Bosses at Texas Instruments wanted to build a 77.8 metre tall turbine over 250ft outside the company’s Larkfield Industrial Estate HQ. They said it would help to ‘significantly increase’ the Read more