Councillors will be recommended on Wednesday to reject the application for a 14 turbine development at Black Hill, Glen Isla – following the lead of their counterparts on Angus Council. Perth and Kinross councillors urged to reject Saddlehill windfarm plans
TAXPAYERS have forked out an eyewatering £52million for windfarms in the Highlands to be switched off and stand IDLE for five years. By Rebecca Perring The figures have been described as “madness” by shocked industry watchers, although renewables chiefs bizarrely say the payments are simply “part of the overall efficient Read more
by Iain Ramage Windfarm operators across the north have raked-in a staggering £52million over the past five years – for switching their turbines off. It has cost customers in the Highlands and islands £28,000 a day on average to meet the so-called “constraint payments” since they were introduced in 2011. Read more
Judges at the Court of Session in Edinburgh will this week hear an appeal from the Scottish Ministers and SSE against a judicial review which overturned the decision to give the go-ahead to a giant Highland wind farm. The 67-turbine Stronelairg proposal is set in the heart of the Monadhliath Read more
Fife-based energy consultancy Everoze has launched its LEAF (Life Extension Assessment Framework) to help project owners make better decisions about the future of renewables assets and portfolios as they reach maturity. Following initial trials, Everoze was engaged last month to carry out a LEAF assessment by a UK developer which Read more
Eurostat estimates that in 2015 carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion increased by 0.7% in the European Union (EU), compared with the previous year. http://www.thegwpf.com/co2-emissions-in-the-eu-have-increased-in-2015-despite-e1-trillion-in-green-subsidies/
Country should focus on nuclear power and carbon capture technologies, former chief scientific adviser said in his final interview Idea of renewables powering UK is an ‘appalling delusion’ – David MacKay/The Guardian (Video) http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/03/idea-of-renewables-powering-uk-is-an-appalling-delusion-david-mackay
Wind turbines and solar panels are a waste of money if Britain wants reliable low carbon electricity supplies through the winter, the late Professor Sir David MacKay said in his final interview. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/03/wind-and-solar-a-waste-of-money-for-uk-prof-sir-david-mackay-sai/