Update We have accepted 111 abstracts for WTN2017. You can see these at http://bit.ly/WTNabstracts or see some of the themes likely in the conference at https://www.windturbinenoise.eu/content/conferences/1-wind-turbine-noise-2017/2017-issues/ Looks like a busy and exciting conference in Rotterdam once again. Registration will open around the middle of January. Look forward to seeing you Read more
Wind power plays a “key” role in curbing greenhouse emissions from other energy sources such as coal and gas, a new study has shown. Energy from wind farms in the UK prevented almost 36 million tonnes of harmful carbon emissions in six years, equivalent to taking 2.3 million cars off Read more
The radical shift to green, renewable energy will have cost £319bn by 2030 The huge sum is three times the annual NHS budget for England The policy will be adding an average burden of £584 a year to every household by 2020 and £875 by 2030 Shocking report takes its Read more
By Iain Ramage A Highland anti-windfarm campaigner who has had enough of “industry spin” hopes her new book about turbines will be allowed into schools to bring some balance to the debate. Beauly-based Lyndsey Ward has fought the spread of onshore turbines for more than a decade, arguing that they Read more
Marie Sharp Residents are being urged to make their voices heard against the company behind Inch Cape offshore windfarm’s bid to renew planning permission for an electrical substation on part of the site of the Battle of Prestonpans. A new public consultation will begin next month, as the company prepares Read more
London, 11 December: A new report published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation reveals the extraordinary £319 billion cost of Britain’s Climate Change Act. The report, which is based entirely on official figures, exposes the mischievous attempts by ministers to try and disguise the true cost to households. http://www.thegwpf.org/report-reveals-300-billion-cost-of-britains-climate-change-act/
WINDFARMS have cut greenhouse gases in Britain by the equivalent of taking 2.3 million cars off the road, according to a new study. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14959998.Windfarms_have_cut_Britain__39_s_greenhouse_gases___39_by_same_as_losing_2_3_million_cars__39_/
A wake-up call on wind IT was good to see DB Watson’s letter (Letters, December 5) challenging the WWF assertion in The Energy of Scotland Report that as renewables grow in the future “there is little or no need for conventional generating capacity in Scotland”. Although it is not possible Read more