East Anglia News Service – Three whales that washed up on the Suffolk coast may have died after becoming disorientated by offshore windfarms, marine experts believe. The coastguard received reports of a minke whale calf that had become separated from its mother on Friday night. By the next afternoon it Read more
Low wind speed or resource risk is now the most pressing threat faced by onshore wind farm developers, owners and operators globally, according to a new report by GCube Underwriting http://renews.biz/107162/low-wind-tops-onshore-risks/
As Scotland continues to move towards sustainable energy generation, a new economic analysis of the potential auction price and related costs by Baringa Partners has concluded that – with no additional cost to consumers from renewables – an additional potential 1 GW of capacity over and above the wholesale cost Read more
A total of 7,570 visitors attended the All-Energy two-day conference in Glasgow last week – and the organisers have already confirmed they’ll be holding the 2018 event in the city next year. A spokesman for organisers Reed Exhibitions, commented: “The hall was packed, all 617 seats taken and a queue Read more
Kevin McKenna In the waters of the North Sea a few miles off Scotland’s east coast, a nine-year battle has been raging that threatens a fragile and unique environmental equilibrium. The struggle has made mortal enemies of two huge lobbies that share a passionate commitment to the environment. On one Read more
WIND TURBINE NOISE SCANDAL For the past four years, Uplawmoor and Neilston residents in the vicinity of Neilston Community Windfarm have been complaining to East Renfrewshire Council (ERC) Planning and Environmental Health departments about excessive wind turbine noise at their properties which was patently breaching the limits set Read more
By Andrew Keddie A bid to build a controversial wind farm near Hawick has been ditched after meeting with widespread public opposition. Hertfordshire-based Renewable Energy Systems sparked a furore in June last year by submitting a planning application for a 13-turbine wind farm at Highlee Hill, near Chesters, on land Read more
Two of the UK’s largest energy trade associations – as well as the head of Scottish Power – last night welcomed a commitment in the Tory party’s election manifesto which appears to pledge UK government support for more onshore wind power projects in what the London-based party calls Scotland’s ‘remote Read more