UK’s coal plants to be phased out within 10 years/BBC News
The UK’s remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025 with their use restricted by 2023, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has announced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34851718
Think-tank urges Govt. to act now to avoid UK power cuts in 2016 – Scottish Energy News
A new report published today (18 Nov 2015) by the Centre for Policy Studies warns that Britain is on the verge of an energy crisis as electricity demand threatens to outstrip supply in early next year for the first time. Energy analyst Tony Lodge’s report – The Great Green Hangover: Read more
Orenda Energy secures £2m wind turbine deal as Italian investor looks to Scotland – Scottish Energy News
Orenda Energy – a medium-wind turbine manufacturer with locations in Canada and at Livingston, near Edinburgh – has secured a £2 million deal for 10 of its 51kW Skye ‘tilting tower’ wind turbines with privately-owned Italian investment fund, CanadEnergy. The turbines will be located in Scotland and built in a Read more
Scottish-UK renewable energy trade groups call on Rudd to renew the renewable heat initiative – Scottish Energy News
Seven major renewable energy trade associations in Scotland-UK have signed a joint letter to Amber Rudd, Energy Minister, publically supporting comments she made in a recent select committee meeting – and calling for her to commit to continuing the renewable heat initiative (RHI) The government’s stance on renewable heat since Read more