For hard-pressed Scottish families who have seen energy bills double over the past decade, it’s not hard to see why Nicola Sturgeon’s plan to establish a new state-owned energy firm was met with some enthusiasm. Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/energy/insight-can-snp-deliver-green-energy-at-a-fair-price-1-4587170
Andrew Whitaker THE world’s first full-scale floating wind farm is to be formally opened by Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday. Power will be brought to 20,000 homes from the wind farm, known as Hywind, moored 25km off the coast of Peterhead The technology being trialled allows wind power to be harvested Read more…
Microsoft Corp. yesterday said it is supporting a new project in Ireland that will be the first European wind farm to integrate batteries in each wind turbine. The company entered into a 15-year power purchase agreement with GE to purchase all of the output from the 37-MW Tullahennel wind farm Read more…