New SNH Guidance
Decommissioning, restoration and aftercare of windfarm developments. Please note SNH are not involved with the financial side of decommissioning. SNH guidance 2016 on decommissioning of windfarms etc
“Denmark’s DONG Energy: From coal and oil to offshore wind – a leader’s journey in the energy revolution”
REMINDER – The James Blyth Lecture – University of Strathclyde Corporate Events <corporate-events@strath.ac.uk> Mar 14 at 4:20 PM There are still places available at the The James Blyth Lecture “Denmark’s DONG Energy: From coal and oil to offshore wind – a leader’s journey in the energy revolution” Brent Cheshire UK Read more
Parliament Live TV
A yet further step on the long and tortuous road. EAM yesterday crashed in on the attention of the House and was quite subtly introduced as a potential ‘whip’ during the ongoing energy and RO withdrawal debate. Should you wish to spare 30 minutes, an overview of EAM (for politicians!) Read more
Wind-ustry ‘confident’ of driving costs below £100/MWh as new report shows offshore costs continued to fall in 2015/Scottish Energy News
A new wind-ustry report has provided strong evidence that the cost of energy from offshore wind continued to fall last year and remains on track to deliver the target of £100/MWh by 2020. Wind-ustry ‘confident’ of driving costs below £100/MWh as new report shows offshore costs continued to fall in Read more
MP calls for return of power over wind turbine subsidies/The National
SCOTLAND must be given back control of a scheme backing new onshore wind farms after being betrayed by Westminster, the SNP has said. http://www.thenational.scot/politics/mp-calls-for-return-of-power-over-wind-turbine-subsidies.15070
Investors eye attractive returns from Clyde Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire – Herald
MARK WILLIAMSON A London-based renewable energy investor has teamed up with pension funds to buy a 49.9 per cent stake in the giant Clyde Wind Farm development in South Lanarkshire from SSE for £355 million. Greencoat UK Wind and a joint venture formed by the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Read more
SNP accuses Westminster of betrayal over onshore windfarm scheme – Herald
MICHAEL SETTLE Scotland must be handed back control over a scheme backing new onshore wind farms after it was betrayed by Westminster, the SNP has said. The UK Government wants to scrap subsidies for new onshore turbines under the renewables obligation (RO) by April – a year earlier than planned Read more
MPs to scrap subsidies plan for new onshore wind farms – Herald
The Government could face a fresh clash with peers as proposals to scrap subsidies for new onshore wind farms cleared the Commons. Peers initially deleted the plan to remove the subsidies from April 2016 – a year earlier than planned – when it was put before them last year. But Read more