The House of Commons Energy Committee – chaired by SNP’s Angus MacNei (MP for Stornoway) – is to quiz the UK Energy Minister next week over the government’s renewable energy policies next week http://www.scottishenergynews.com/energy-mps-to-quiz-uk-minister-at-westminster-over-renewables-crisis/
The last couple of weeks have been trying for the SNP as increasing scrutiny is turned towards both our record as a governing party and one that seeks to put the interests of Scotland and its people first. In this sense, the Scottish Government’s moratorium on underground coal gasification (UCG) Read more
By Craig Smith Fife councillors have paved the way for two new wind turbines to be constructed off the coast of Methil – provided their concerns are taken into account. Members of the central area planning committee stopped short of lodging an objection against Marine Scotland’s plans for the 198.7 Read more
Scottish Climate Change Minister confirms attendance at crucial global summit. Scotland’s Climate Change Minister Aileen McLeod will attend crunch international climate change talks in Paris in December. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Countdown-to-climate-change-talks-1e59.aspx
British taxpayers will no longer have to fund renewable energy by the mid-2020s, according to a senior official, in the latest sign of the government’s determination to scale back on green subsidies. http://www.thegwpf.com/britain-to-phase-out-green-energy-subsidies/
By Paul Reoch Councillors will decide the fate of a proposed windfarm that could dominate part of the Perthshire skyline. Scores of objections have been sent to Perth and Kinross Council regarding the planned energy facility, which would see 17 turbines built near Butterstone. Scottish Natural Heritage, the Mountaineering Council Read more
On 1 August 2011 Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited applied for consent under s.36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the construction and operation of an electricity generating station and wind turbine / tower and turbine testing project called the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, to be located in Aberdeen Read more
Following the Supreme Court decision to uphold the consent for the 450MW Viking windfarm project on the Shetland Islands, the distribution network operator said it is now preparing to deliver the required transmission cable connection. http://utilityweek.co.uk/news/sse-to-re-route-onshore-cable-for-viking-windfarm/1178693#.Vh4uxnaFOpo