NEW Cumnock resident, Jerry Mulders, has produced a cumulative windfarm map showing how many wind turbines are being planned around his home village. http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/15204956.Turbines_will_soon_be_surrounding_us/
By Ryan Taylor Plans have emerged for a major new windfarm which could see turbines measuring a maximum height of 145 metres appearing near Lerwick and other nearby areas. Peel Energy is the company behind the radical new proposal. It hopes to see up to 21 new turbines erected in Read more
Wind farms could be paid to switch off their turbines this summer as the growth of solar panels leaves the national network swamped with too much power. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wind-farms-could-be-paid-to-stop-producing-power-qqm5dl7wk
Scotland’s green energy industry provides a “fantastic” 58,500 full-time jobs, new figures have revealed. Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse and environmental campaigners welcomed the statistics, which show that in 2015 there were the equivalent of 31,000 full-time jobs in the low-carbon and renewable sector and a further 27,500 indirect posts. But Read more
Margaret Taylor, Business correspondent and personal finance editor PERTH civil engineering and waste disposal business I&H Brown saw its pre-tax profits more than triple last year thanks to a significant revaluation of its property assets. The group, whose activities also include property development, farm management and plant hire, posted a Read more
The UK Energy Statistics for 2016 have been published by the Dept for Business, Energy and Industry (BEIS) and highlights show that: The amount of electricity generated by gas rose by 13% to 42.4% There was a slight fall of 1% in electricity generated by renewables, but wind-power fell by Read more
From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Jesse Norman MP Part of: UK energy security First published: 3 April 2017 The second Contracts for Difference auction for renewable technologies launches today Renewable energy developers will compete for £290m worth of contracts to support the growth of clean energy Read more
Unite, the largest union for construction workers, has called for urgent action to improve safety on windfarms after two workers were killed in a fortnight in Scotland. The first tragedy occurred on March 15 when Antonio Linares a 37 year old Portuguese worker, was killed in a fall at Scottish Read more