The Belgian online Le Peuple here interviewed István Marko, Professor of Chemistry at the UCL, and a so-called climate non-alarmist, on what he thought of the results of the highly ballyhooed Paris COP21 climate summit and agreement. http://notrickszone.com/#sthash.6u6sad3q.dpbs
The changes will cut into tax breaks for firms – but specifically including the complete removal of tax reliefs from renewable energy assets that are not community owned.
Robin Rigg wind farm, Solway Firth The UK Supreme Court has performed a U-turn and decided to grant E.ON permission to appeal to sue its windfarm contractor for the £18.74 million cost of remedial work to grouted foundations at Scotland’s first offshore wind farm – the Robin Rigg turbine arrays Read more
Aquamarine spent many months – and millions of pounds – testing its Oyster device in Orkney sea-trials The intellectual property assets of the defunct Scottish renewable wave energy business, Aquamarine Power have been up for sale by the company’s administrators Founded in 2005, Edinburgh-based Aquamarine Power was set up to Read more
Jill Castle Donald Trump could take his legal fight against a off-shore windfarm to Europe after his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court, according to a lawyer. Mr Trump lost his Supreme Court fight against proposals to build an 11 turbine wind farm near his golf course in Aberdeenshire Read more
Justices reject US presidential candidate’s legal challenge over 11-turbine project that will ‘spoil the view’ from his Scottish golf course http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/12053028/Donald-Trump-loses-wind-farm-battle-at-Supreme-Court.html https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2015-0160-press-summary.pdf https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2015-0160-judgment.pdf Para 20. A question remains as to why Parliament, when creating the new regulatory regime in the 1989 Act, should have imposed duties in Schedule 9 on Read more
Households face paying almost £80 a year to subsidise wind and solar farms and other renewable power schemes because ministers are failing to control the budget for green levies. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4642213.ece
The chairman of Bute Community Power says the company’s Auchintirrie wind turbine plans are still their best chance of using renewable energy to benefit the island. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/local-headlines/auchintirrie-still-our-best-hope-says-bcp-chairman-1-3976400