Ian McConnell, Group Business Editor IRN-Bru manufacturer AG Barr has unveiled a new wind turbine at its factory at Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, which will provide up to eight per cent of the electricity used at the site. The company said that the turbine’s maximum electricity output was equivalent to Read more
This document (recently referred to in the Press) was submitted to DPEA by Eversheds LLP on behalf of the applicant (Community Windpower) for the Aikengall extension and also by lawyers acting for Inverclyde Renewables at the recent Inverclyde Windfarm Inquiry at Corlic Hill. DECC Letter 29 Oct 2015 re UK Read more
From: Department of Energy & Climate Change and The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP Delivered on: 18 November 2015 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Location: Institution of Civil Engineers, London First published: 18 November 2015 Introduction There’s a picture from the Government art collection that hangs Read more
Secretary of state for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd has overturned an inspector’s decision to grant development consent for an onshore wind farm in Powys, Mid Wales, after determining that possible adverse effects on the local red kite population had not been properly addressed. http://www.theplanner.co.uk/news/decc-rejects-nsip-wind-farm-in-wales
UK energy policy has been described as ‘inconsistent, incoherent and ineffectual’ by Scotland’s Energy Minister at a major energy conference. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/UK-energy-policy-fails-objectives-1f9b.aspx
Following a recommendation by the Smith Commission, the Crown Estate’s management functions in Scotland will be transferring to the Scottish Government. http://www.offshorewind.biz/2015/09/17/crown-estate-transfers-scotland-management-to-scottish-gov/ http://www.offshorewind.biz/2015/11/23/crown-estate-creates-offshore-wind-interactive-map/
Jonathan Cole, Managing Director, Scottish Power Renewables, which is developing the £2 billion East Anglia-1 102-turbine wind farm and submitted a new planning application for East Anglia-3 – has told a wind-ustry conference at Orbis Energy, Lowestoft, that the East of England is now the centre of the offshore wind Read more
Martin Williams, Senior News Reporter An Edinburgh-based firm behind what was described as the world’s largest commercial wave energy farm has ceased trading after a failed bid to find a new investor. Administrators BDO LLP took over the running of wave energy developer Aquamarine Power in October as they sought Read more