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
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
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
An announcement appeared which was part of the wider Energy review, and could have very significant implications for costs of generation projects as you will see below. The bulk of the report was to do with supplying electricity to the consumer, and that is what has been all over the Read more
A COMPANY is continuing with its bid to build a controversial 51MW wind farm on a sporting estate in East Sutherland. West Garty Renewables has resubmitted plans for a 17-turbine development on West Garty Estate, at Loth. It is the third time in the last 13 months that plans have Read more
Follow The Money 9pm, BBC Four It’s still too early to call where Follow The Money, our new Saturday night Danish double-bill chum, will rank in the BBC Four Euro League, although it won’t ever threaten Spiral, the sashaying, messy French cop saga, for the top spot. Equally, it’s Read more
A COMPANY is continuing with its bid to build a controversial 51MW wind farm on a sporting estate in East Sutherland http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/New-plans-for-wind-farm-on-West-Garty-Estate-11032016.htm
Data released by WWF Scotland shows wind energy could power 100% Scottish homes for more than half of month of February http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/43876/data-released-by-wwf-scotland-shows-wind-energy-could-power-100-scottish-homes-for-more-than-half-of-month-of-february/