May 2015

A leading Scottish renewables energy company has called for new UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd to provide greater clarity – and dispel continued confusion – surrounding the proposed Conservative majority-government ban on onshore wind subsidies. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-renewables-chief-warns-that-uk-may-miss-climate-targets-if-govt-axes-onshore-wind-subsidies/

BERLIN, May 19 (Reuters) – Germany’s clean energy drive earned it a reputation as a green leader but a domestic row over coal has highlighted the challenge of balancing economic and environmental demands and threatens its ability to lead by example. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3087506/Coal-row-takes-shine-Germanys-green-image-G7-summit.html

  Posted by Jenny Kane Councillors in Scotland’s biggest local authority claim fees paid by wind farm developers have been nearly wiped out by costly legal battles. Highland Council has made nearly £300,000 from wind energy planning applications in the last three years. But it has spent £288,000 in legal Read more

  David Ross Highland Correspondent Laying foundations in the seabed for offshore wind farms is feared to be damaging the hearing of harbour seals around the UK’s coast, according to scientists. The noise from pile driving during turbine construction could have serious health implications for the marine mammals, ecologists from Read more

The technology takes advantage of vorticity to generate electricity Vorticity is a wind effect that creates a pattern of spinning vortices Bladeless design could reduce manufacturing costs by 53 per cent Prototype ‘Vortex Mini’ can capture nearly half of the wind’s power     http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3087000/The-turbines-WITHOUT-blades-Firm-unveils-radical-design-claims-quieter-safer-traditional-wind-farms.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

The government-backed UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) yesterday announced it has bought a £236m stake in a joint venture with E.On to build and own the Rampion offshore wind farm off the coast of Brighton. http://www.cityam.com/215987/uk-government-joins-eon-fund-wind-farm

Britain’s new government will next week outline implementing its pledge to reduce onshore wind farm subsidies, the new energy minister has said, which will likely scupper plans for new wind turbines. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/18/us-britain-energy-windfarm-idUSKBN0O310P20150518?rpc=401

The building of a four-turbine windfarm on the outskirts of Perth would be “tantamount to robbery”, it has been claimed. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/physics-professor-says-methven-windfarm-would-be-tantamount-to-robbery-1.876373