MPs have published the three areas of work by which the House of Commons Energy Committee aims to hold Energy Minister Amber Rudd to account – with the top priority being the UK’s climate-change targets. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/energy-mps-to-hold-amber-rudd-to-account-on-uk-climate-change-targets-after-paris-summit/
The Green Investment Bank and KKR joined up to lend £82.7 million to Blue Energy’s new Blackcraig wind farm project in Dumfriesshire. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/investment-bank-green-lights-83m-loan-for-new-blue-energy-wind-farm-in-dumfriesshire/
Natural Power has successfully completed the ground investigation at the Druim Leathann Wind Farm on the Isle of Lewis on behalf of 2020 Renewables – paving the way for later construction of the remote and highly environmentally-sensitive 14 turbine development, which is due to be generating electricity by 2020. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/natural-power-dig-in-deep-to-help-development-of-new-70m-isle-of-lewis-wind-farm/
The Scottish Government and energy firm SSE are challenging a court’s decision over a Highland wind farm. http://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/1336775-scottish-government-challenging-courts-decision-over-wind-farm/
Natural Power has successfully completed the ground investigation at the Druim Leathann Wind Farm on the Isle of Lewis on behalf of 2020 Renewables – paving the way for later construction of the remote and highly environmentally-sensitive 14 turbine development, which is due to be generating electricity by 2020. The Read more
Baroness Scott The UK House of Lords has called on the European Council to ask the European Commission to introduce a monitoring and enforcement mechanism that guarantees the agreement and ensures Member States live up to their own commitments and share fairly the effort to meet the 2030 renewable targets. Read more
By Jamie Buchan The head of an exclusive Perthshire estate which recently played host to an Outlander film crew is battling plans for a massive windfarm on the edge of his land. Mike Aldridge, factor at the 61,000-acre Drummond Estate, has added his voice to a growing chorus calling for Read more
I AM not convinced that global warming (Letters, December 16, 17 & 18) is solely man-made, and while we do consume too much energy, plastics and food we don’t spend enough on defending ourselves from the impact of global warming. It’s as if getting your house flooded is your punishment Read more