October 10, 2015

Britain faces the highest risk of blackouts in almost a decade this winter, National Grid is expected to say next week, amid warnings that households will have to pay billions of pounds in subsidies to new gas power stations to prevent the crisis worsening. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/11923465/Blackout-risk-rises-as-UK-energy-crisis-deepens.html

Landowners and developers are examining the possibility of building 20 wind turbines in the south of Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-34487196

A major Greenock factory has abandoned plans to build a 250-foot (77-metre) high wind turbine which it said was vital in order to protect jobs at the plant. Texas Instruments was refused permission to install the structure at their premises in Earnhill Road earlier this year by Inverclyde planning officials Read more