Overview The consultation sets out details for how Scottish Ministers propose to bring the requirements of European Directive 2014/52/EU, known as the Environmental Impact Assessment or ‘EIA’ Directive into Scottish legislation. The EIA Directive requires an assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment before a development consent can be Read more
Kevin Scott, Business Correspondent CONSTRUCTION of a community-owned turbine in Huntly is underway after receiving a £2 million support package from Clydesdale Bank. The Greenmyres Community Wind Project will see a 500kW Enercon wind turbine erected on Greenmyres Farm – a 63 acre area, south of Huntly. Clydesdale Bank’s funding Read more
By Jamie Buchan Opponents of a massive Highland Perthshire wind farm have set out their case to the public. Conservation charity the John Muir Trust has held an exhibition on the planned Crossburns development near Aberfeldy. Renewables firm Engie, previously known as West Coast Energy, wants to install 25 Read more
[This is the begining of a long article. To read it all go to: http://www.scottishenergynews.com/we-need-a-new-energy-act-to-avoid-black-out-britain/ By Daniel Mahoney, Tony Lodge and Tim Knox Centre for Policy Studies A new Energy Bill should take the opportunity of setting out how combining energy policy and a new industrial policy can deliver Read more
Over the past decade, UK energy policy has been catastrophically mismanaged. The Government’s promotion of renewable energy has been pushed through without any reference to, or use of, market mechanisms – and it is consumers that will be paying the price. http://capx.co/we-mustnt-become-overly-reliant-on-foreign-imports-of-electricity/
By Ilona Amos Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/world-s-most-powerful-turbines-to-go-up-near-trump-resort-1-4243305
MARK WILLIAMSON SCOTTISH Hydroelectric owner SSE looks set to book a sharp fall in first half profits after losing more customers and suffering a slump in renewable energy output due to the weather conditions. However, the Perth-based energy giant said it still expects to achieve growth over the full year Read more
THE charm offensive by bosses from fossil fuel giants Ineos will have done little to win over politicians concerned about the safety of fracking (“Ineos chief’s challenge: Visit US and see the success of fracking”, The Herald, September 28). Further still, it will have done nothing to alleviate the concerns Read more