The largest windfarm ever proposed for Angus has had the plug pulled because of “uncertainty” over government subsidies, The Courier can reveal. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/75-million-macritch-hill-windfarm-plan-withdrawn-1.919014
Official records show that December ranked as only the 20th wettest since 1766, despite what we’ve been told http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/12091298/Met-Offices-wettest-ever-claim-fails-again.html
Greencoat UK Wind (www.greencoat-ukwind.com) has acquired the Stroupster wind farm in Caithness (about 10 miles north of Wick) in an £85 million deal http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/12501/Caithness-wind-farm-acquired
Householders will see their energy bills rise following the UK Government’s decision to award £175 million in public subsidies to support diesel generators. http://www.energylivenews.com/2016/01/08/consumers-face-bill-rise-to-subsidise-175m-diesel-power/
The UK’s Energy Minister must lobby for a potential £2 billion windfarm off the Fife coast to base its operations in Dundee, an MP has said. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/politics/2-billion-windfarm-urged-to-base-operation-at-dundee-port-1.918886
One of the first industrial-scale battery storage facilities is to be developed in the UK in a joint project by British Solar Renewables (BSR) and Western Power Distribution (WPD). This £1 million project will demonstrate the technical and commercial feasibility of directly linking a major battery storage facility, a solar Read more
German manufacturer Siemens has won the bid to supply turbines for the new Blackcraig Hill wind farm in Dumfriesshire – as well as the 20 year maintenance contract. The 53 megawatt (MW) Blue Energy wind farm will consist of 23 Siemens type G2 turbines Commissioning is scheduled for the spring Read more
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has been accused of contradicting David Cameron over the potential of technology to limit carbon dioxide emissions. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/97814/rudd-contradicting-pm-over-carbon-capture-and-storage/