June 23, 2015

British Energy Minister Amber Rudd today told MPs that the government’s decision to end £800 million of subsidies to onshore wind factories is fair to both consumers and taxpayers. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/rudd-justifies-cutting-800m-wind-farm-subsidies-as-fair-to-consumers-and-taxpayers-before-meeting-with-scottish-energy-minister/

Amber Rudd says 250 proposed wind farms are now “unlikely to be built” following cuts to subsidies announced last week http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/11692535/Ending-onshore-wind-farm-subsidies-will-save-hundreds-of-millions-of-pounds.html

The SNP has been accused of “extraordinary hypocrisy” after it emerged energy minister Fergus Ewing campaigned hard against windfarms in his own constituency. http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2015/06/snp-hypocrisy-on-windfarms-revealed-ahead-of-statement/

Around 250 onshore wind projects already in development are likely to be cancelled because the Government is ending subsidies which would aid their completion, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has announced. The cancellation of subsidies for onshore wind offered under the Renewables Obligation (RO) is likely to mean that 2,500 turbines Read more…

By Richard Watt Campaigners against a proposed windfarm on the borders of Angus and Perthshire have produced a dossier they believe will stop the project. Firms behind the 14-turbine Saddle Hill windfarm, near Kilry, believe it would not have a substantial effect on protected species, but nature watchers say they Read more…

By Iain Ramage Protesters in the north are warning windfarm operators that some schemes could be shut down for breaching noise limits. Highland activists are preparing to follow the lead of counterparts in England and Ireland who have collated extensive data they say proves that planning conditions have been flouted Read more…