SHADOW Chancellor John McDonnell has elaborated on Labour’s vision for a publicly owned energy company and confirmed it would involve green energy sources – including a controversial £1.3billion tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/858507/john-mcdonnell-state-owned-green-energy-swansea-bay-titdal-lagoon-latest-news
Plans by two serial Scottish wind-farm developers to build a new project in the Borders have been recommended for refusal for a second time. The first application for a 16-turbine wind farm on land north west of Gilston Farm, near Heriot village, was rejected by the Scot-Govt. Now the developer Read more
By BRIDGET WOODMAN The price of offshore wind continues to fall dramatically. The UK government’s latest round of contracts for renewable generation have just been announced, and they show the costs of subsidies have halved in just two years. Cheap wind power is a great source of low carbon electricity, Read more
More than half the UK’s electricity came from low carbon sources in the last three months, making it the “greenest” summer on record, National Grid said. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/renewables-produce-half-of-uk-energy-in-greenest-summer-1-4569841
By Douglas Fraser Business/economy editor, Scotland The energy firm said electric cars and a shift to electric heating could send demand for power soaring. Its chief executive also said there would have to be a major investment in the wiring necessary to handle rapid charging of car batteries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-41373466
ScottishPower has called for political support to develop more onshore windfarms after hitting a record high of power from the sector. After the completion of a £650 million infrastructure project, ScottishPower Renewables has passed the 2,000 megawatt (MW) UK milestone. The company has now called for politicians and regulators to Read more
John Munro writes that “Friends of the Earth strongly favours wind farms; the John Muir Trust opposes them’’. (David v Goliath and the battles over planning, Letters, September 17). This is incorrect. Over the past 10 years, the John Muir Trust has only objected to around five per cent of Read more
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