December 2015

A former North Sea oil company boss and now independent energy advisor has called on the Government to curtail its ‘fixation’ with wind power and to drop its moratorium on building new Scottish nuclear power stations to provide carbon-free http://www.scottishenergynews.com/former-oil-chief-urges-scot-govt-to-build-new-nuclear-stations-for-baseload-power-and-end-its-fixation-with-wind-energy/

  YOUR columnist Pinstripe may be a supporter of ever increasing subsidies to the renewable energy sector (“Time for Salmond to bring Cameron into line on vital role of renewable energy”, The Herald, December 28), but what he does not mention is the fact that there was no mention of Read more

Attempts by council planners to safeguard the region from “inappropriate” wind farm developments have fallen on deaf ears at Holyrood. Borders councillors have reacted angrily to having their carefully-considered policies on the siting of future turbines sacrificed on the altar of Scottish Government renewable energy targets. The protection of the Read more

By Craig Smith People power appears to have put a stop to plans for three wind turbines in north-east Fife. Temporis Wind had hoped to install the revolutionary devices on Drumcarrow Hill near Strathkinness, with the turbines – made by American company Ogin International – using a much smaller rotor Read more

TOM PETERKIN A controversial plan to construct a wind farm on an estate owned by one of Scotland’s most distinguished noble families has been dismissed by the planning authorities. A bid to put up turbines on land owned by Sir Robert Clerk of Penicuik has been rejected by the Scottish Read more

  From large scale wind farms to small scale hydro projects, over £10 million was last year ploughed back into communities from renewables and Community energy can go from strength to strength following a strong year for the sector, Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced today. He hailed recent Read more

Development is necessary and important to us all. We cannot stand in the way of progress. However it is important that development is sustainable and that the public as well as developers have an equal opportunity to provide material information to the debate and the decisions made on their behalf Read more

China eyes reducing wind tariffs by as much as 4% in 2016 Reductions for solar projects will be as much as 11% in 2016 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-24/china-to-cut-wind-solar-power-prices-as-construction-costs-fall