James Murray The government’s controversial efforts to roll back a host of green policies have been dealt a dual blow by the House of Lords this week, after peers voted to retain subsidies for wind farms that boast local community support and backed an amendment to effectively reintroduce the scrapped Read more
LESS wind fuelled a 25 per cent fall in underlying profits to £84 million at ScottishPower’s renewables business in the first three months of the year. Milder weather also contributed to a 3 per cent fall in underlying profits to £174m at the company’s retail and generation business – which Read more
A group of digital entrepreneurs have launched a kickstarter campaign to take a prototype mobile device that monitors for Low Frequency Noise and claims to help guard and reduce against the negative impacts from LFN was launched on the 27th April to coincide with International Noise Awareness Day. The company Read more
Moventas Gears UK – the wind turbine gear-box manufacturing and service company which is owned by Scottish business magnate and prominent SNP supporter Jim McColl – is in the final stages of refurbishing and upgrading its workshop in Huddersfield, Yorks. Moventas – formerly DB Wind – is the first gearbox Read more
Shelly Jofre chairs a debate on energy and the environment with a panel of politicians and a specially invited audience, including our own Linda Holt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b078cpt5/scotland-2016-19042016
A letter by peers about this newspaper’s coverage of global warming is part of a systematic campaign to shut down debate http://www.thegwpf.com/matt-ridley-climate-change-lobby-wants-to-kill-free-speech/
SCOTLAND could become a world leader in developing new technologies to store excess electricity production from wind farms, creating thousands of jobs, a leading business organisation has declared. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/14451293.Scotland_could_be_world_leader_in_technologies_to_store_excess_renewable_energy/