Bavaria’s highest constitutional court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) has just upheld the southern German state’s hotly contested 10 H wind turbine permitting rule which has been in effect since February 2014. http://notrickszone.com/#sthash.4C9bdXJa.dpbs
SOME called it a crime against the environment. Others compared it to taking a razor blade to a Rembrandt. But no matter how its opponents chose to describe the Beauly to Denny power line, their concerns about its impact were genuine and well placed: developments such as the Beauly–Denny line Read more
Britain is ‘on a landslide’ down the EY Investor Attractiveness Index The UK’s attractiveness as a destination for renewable energy investment has reached an all-time low (arrowed, left, in black) The UK now ranks 13th out of 40 countries – behind Germany, France, Canada and Australia – after crashing out Read more
There will be a public exhibition in Carnoustie next week showcasing proposed onshore works required for two offshore wind farm projects. http://www.arbroathherald.co.uk/news/local-news/wind-farm-exhibition-1-4119791
HERE we go again with pseudo-scientific hyperbole and factual gloss over from WWF in its Agenda article (“Back green energy as the offshore investment that benefits everyone”, The Herald, May 4) and in your report of its survey (“Leap in renewables power sparks call for new strategy”, The Herald, extrapolating Read more
Included in the toll of seats which the party won from the SNP last week, the Tories have also taken the political scalp of Nicola Sturgeon’s Environment and Climate Change Minister. In a parliamentary seat re-drawn from the former Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Finlay Carson won Galloway and West Dumfries Read more
Officials insist they have to act now to avoid blackouts in Britain in the future By STEVE HAWKES, Deputy Political Editor ENERGY bills are set to soar by up to £38 under a new Government levy to avoid crippling blackouts in 2017. Ministers were accused of trying to “bury bad Read more
Fife-based BVG Associates has been appointed to help Scottish companies to make the most of £60 billion worth of renewable energy opportunities via the Scot-Govt’s Offshore Wind Expert Support Framework. BVG chief to help Scots renewable energy firms get a slice of £60bn offshore wind market