August 2015

The UK government is proposing massive cuts to feed-in tariffs for renewable technologies including wind and solar. http://renews.biz/94433/decc-slashes-feed-in-supports/

The UK Government is being urged to fulfil its commitment to ‘enable the deployment of renewable energy on the Scottish Islands.’ http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scottish-government-urges-uk-government-to-fulfil-renewable-commitment/

An alliance of 100 organisations – representing tens of thousands of workers, small businesses, retailers, farming groups, co-operatives and local government representatives – has written to the Prime Minister to express its support for small scale renewable electricity ahead of an expected review of the Feed-in Tariff http://www.scottishenergynews.com/energy-coalition-calls-on-prime-minister-to-support-small-scale-renewables-feed-in-tariff/

THE letter from Ian Lakin (August 21) is big on pejorative terms in describing SNP energy policy as “flawed”, “nonsensical”, and “incoherent”, and it contains the usual hyperbole such as “covering Scotland in steel forests”. However, in his rush to lay blame for all things at the door of the Read more…

GERRY BRAIDEN AN overhaul of Scotland’s energy sector would create tens of thousands more jobs than currently exist in the oil and fossil fuels industry, new research claims. The report by the Scottish Greens also calls for the Grangemouth refinery and petrochemicals plant to be taken into public ownership with Read more…

By Leeza Clark Did Wind Turbines Kill Longannet? Fife Conservatives have argued that may have been the case. “In the lead up to the sad announcement that Longannet power station is to close, much has been made of high transmission charges,” said Conservative group leader on Fife Council, Dave Dempsey. Read more…

Confusion about renewables support is causing many farmers to put wind turbine projects on hold even after obtaining planning consent, warns a major wind turbine company. http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/renewables-support-confusion-puts-farm-projects-on-hold.htm  

By Jon Rees, Financial Mail on Sunday Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has launched a groundbreaking project to examine the actual cost of electricity generation in a move which could spell the end of billions of pounds of subsidies for green energy. The Department of Energy & Climate Change said its Read more…