Bullet points for Draft Wind Farm State Code acoustics review On August 26, 2015, the noise expert in the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection provided his superiors with a list of nine points of concern regarding the draft Wind Farm Code. Here is this list from the Right To Read more
France, host of the U.N. climate conference, prides itself on being one of the world’s top innovators in wind energy technology, and wind turbines have become a symbol of the country’s commitment to clean energy. But the French government is coming under fire from farmers and others who say the Read more
Following a site visit last week, the Culachy Wind Farm proposal is recommended for approval at today’s meeting of Highland Cooncil’s planning committee. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/res-plan-for-fourth-highlands-wind-farm-recommended-for-approval/
An energy giant was paid nearly £600,000 in less than a month – to turn off its windfarm and not produce any electricity. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/95686/sse-paid-to-shutoff-windfarm/
Other countries may fail to deliver on their promises to cut emissions, MPs warn, while UK’s Committee on Climate Change may recommend even tougher targets at home http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/paris-climate-change-conference/12048834/Toothless-climate-change-deal-means-Britain-could-be-left-pursuing-ever-tougher-green-targets.html
By Phil Hewitt The 2015 T-4 auction cleared at £18.00/kW/year (down 7.3% in absolute terms from the price of £19.42/ kW/year in the previous year) with a total 46,354MW of contracts awarded in the auction to existing and new build power stations. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/uk-capacity-market-auction-drives-down-wholesale-price-of-electricity-by-more-than-10/
TWO power companies plead guilty to health and safety failings after a man was killed when he got caught in the machinery of a giant turbine. Technician Colin Sinclair was at the top of a 200ft turbine at Causeymire wind farm in Caithness when his safety harness become tangled in Read more