This consultation proposes a set of measures to control costs under the Feed-in Tariff, including revised tariffs based on updated technology cost data, a more stringent degression mechanism and deployment caps leading to the phased closure of the scheme in 2018-19. https://econsultation.decc.gov.uk/office-for-renewable-energy-deployment-ored/fit-review-2015
Cuts in support for renewable energy in the UK have been criticised by the UN’s chief environment scientist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34555821
The controversial Dersalloch windfarm near Straiton has enabled over £200,000 of community benefit money to be given to North Carrick. http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/dersalloch-windfarm-brings-in-over-200k-for-north-carrick-1-3916588
Nations around the world are finally making some hard-won headway in the effort to ditch fossil fuels for greener sources of energy, such as solar, hydro, and wind power. But while these emerging industries stand to drastically reduce greenhouse gas pollution—not to mention the major environmental disasters inherent to fossil Read more
National Grid has confirmed that the retirement of ageing coal-fired stations and a reliance on intermittent wind energy have left Britain’s system more vulnerable to supply shocks than at any time for at least a decade. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/national-grid-to-pay-uk-generators-up-to-3000-per-megawatt-hour-to-ensure-the-lights-stay-on-this-winter/