Angus planning councillors have unanimously thrown out an “industrial-scale” windfarm opponents claimed would have decimated the tourism market of Glen Isla. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/45-million-saddle-hill-windfarm-plan-thrown-out-1.931255
British Energy Minister Amber Rudd is set to allow a small Scottish onshore wind farm to operate – despite not having an electricity generating licence from the Dept for Energy (DECC). LDV Harburnhead Ltd. plans to build the Harburnhead onshore wind farm, a 52 MW onshore wind farm to be Read more
According to figures provided by Energy UK, electricity delivered to the UK grid in February (before the shutdown of the Longannet coal-fired plant in Fife) was generated by the following sources: Coal: 19.31% Gas power stations: 35.72% Nuclear: 20.59% Wind: 8.28% Hydro: 1.82% Interconnectors: 7.98% net with 5.30% from France Read more
Victoria Masterson THE UK’s renewable energy industry could be harmed with the loss of incentives to develop a low-carbon economy if Britain leaves Europe, legal experts have warned. Law firm Pinsent Masons said a vote to leave Europe could remove legally binding carbon-free targets, which in turn could dilute the Read more
AS a professional electrical engineer of some 50 years’ standing I think I can justifiably reassure Lewis Niven (Letters, March 25) that electrical engineering science can definitely guide mankind toward a future powered wholly by renewables. He is obviously correct to point out, as many previous contributors to the Letters Read more