I COULD brag about how our solar panels produce all our electricity and hot water and have a surplus to export to the grid on sunny days. For balance I should add that on cloudy days, especially in winter, we generate next to nothing, and at night nothing at all. Read more
A new wind farm that is capable of supplying renewable electricity to more than 40,000 homes has been officially opened in South Ayrshire by Scottish Power. Dersalloch Windfarm, located on Dersalloch Hill between Straiton and Dalmellington, comprises 23 turbines with an installed capacity of 69MW. Dersalloch is the first of Read more
New statistics released by analysts at Carbon Brief show that more electricity was generated by wind than coal in 2016. This is the first time that wind has outperformed coal for an entire year, generating 11.5% of the UK’s power, compared to just 9.2% from coal. Overall, a quarter of Read more