The Scottish Government is inviting you to have your say on what a fairer Scotland should look like in 2030, and the steps that should be taken to make this vision a reality. Four of the events have yet to take place in Stornoway, Dundee, Gourock and Glasgow. Further details Read more
Ian McConnell, Group Business Editor SCOTTISHPOWER owner Iberdrola has doubled profits in its UK wind power business in the first nine months of its financial year. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the Spanish company’s UK renewables business leapt to €301 million (£221m) in the first nine Read more
A new report co-authored in the Westcountry exposes “two decades of deception” from the wind industry about the effect of turbines on health of near neighbours, an MP claimed. http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Wind-farm-noise-report-parallels-VW-scandal-MP/story-28029580-detail/story.html#ixzz3pE0jkdYZ
DECC’s plans to end the Renewables Obligation for onshore wind a year early were last night defeated in the House of Lords. http://www.renews.biz/100159/lords-ko-early-ro-closure/
Closure of Renewables Obligation on 31 March 2016 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldhansrd/lhan53.pdf