James Delingpole, hot on the hypocrisy trail, pops up a fair and reasonable poser: who protects Britain’s birds from its Royal Society for the Protection of Birds? https://stopthesethings.com/2016/06/09/james-delingpole-who-protects-britains-birds-from-the-rspb/
Attached is a response from the Low Carbon Contracts Company to an FOI request regarding Contracts for Difference (CFD). SAS has received permission to publish the letter in the hope it will remind others to ensure that any windfarm developer with a CFD is actually providing concrete evidence of reaching Read more…
This year’s conference presentations and photos are now available to download. The eagle eyed among you may spot the SAS members who attended! http://www.all-energy.co.uk/
by Iain Ramage Highland councillors yesterday nodded through a radically revised windfarm proposal without a debate despite claims that they had not been provided with key information. Two leading activists had written to members of the north planning committee to highlight their point. Due to the scale of the 19-turbine Read more…
National Grid has confirmed that next winter (2016-17) will be the first time since the current market arrangements began in 2001 that it has not forecast a surplus margin of spare power plants in the UK market and has instead forecast “negative margins”. As a result, it has already contracted Read more…
David Ross Tiny single cell organisms found in fresh and salt water, hold the key to a pioneering project, which could bring new industry to some of the most fragile and remote communities in the land, The microalgae can be used to produce a wide range of useful products ranging Read more…
09 June 2016 12:15 pm Oral Evidence Session Renewable Energy Sector in Scotland http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/scottish-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/renewable-energy-scotland-15-16/ Witness(es) Lindsay McQuade, Policy and Innovation Director, ScottishPower Kersti Berge, Head of Scotland, Ofgem Phil Sheppard, Director of System Operator Operations, National Grid Andrew Huthwaite, Director of Commercial and Connections, Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution Read more…