THE boss of struggling steel giant Tata has blamed soaring energy costs and high business rates for crippling British industry. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/665440/tata-steel-boss-Bimlendra-Jha-Business-Select-Committee-hearing-energy-costs-UK-high
The blaze took place around the Castlecat Road in a part of rural north Antrim called Derrykeighan, a few miles east of Coleraine. http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/co-antrim-wind-turbine-catches-fire-1-7356738
SCOTLAND’S RENEWABLE FUTURE We asked – and you’re still telling us – about your Big 3 Scottish renewable energy wishes in the run-up to Scotland’s Renewable Future conference. Here are some more of your replies. A broad based world class low carbon technology manufacturing industry please Scotland is missing Read more
ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, has been awarded a five-year grant worth 2.27million euros from the EU’s fund for “innovative green hydrogen systems in an isolated territory”. ITM will use the community-owned wind turbines on Shapinsay and Eday in Orkney to produce ‘green’ hydrogen from wind Read more
By PAUL YOUNGER Scotland has become the first part of the UK to stop burning coal to supply electricity following the closure of Longannet, its largest power station, on March 24. It is a sign of the times, with the rest of the UK’s coal-fired power stations on death Read more
Booming profits from British windfarms have more than made up for declining oil and gas revenues at Dong Energy, a state-owned Danish utility which says it is transforming itself from a high to low-carbon power producer. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/27/british-windfarms-boom-dong-energy-danish-firm
It’s a sight that tends to draw mixed responses. For some people, a rugged, windswept farmland scattered with scores of giant wind turbines is beautiful, futuristic spectacle. To others, the slow-moving behemoths taking over landscapes are an eyesore. http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160425-harnessing-the-money-in-wind-power
Wind farms are a frequently-discussed topic in Berwickshire, and an audience member wanted to know whether candidates were “for or against wind farms in this constituency”? http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local-news/all-local-news/candidates-give-their-views-on-wind-farms-1-4112419