October 2017

Scottish Power has exceeded informal national and UK targets for ‘local content’ for a fleet of eight onshore wind-turbines farms in south-west Scotland. The Offshore Wind Developers Forum – now the Offshore Wind Industry Council – declared in 2012 a ‘vision’ that the UK content in offshore wind farms would Read more

Max Total MW Of Development Applied For:  56 Max Turbine Height:  130 Number Of Turbines Applied For:  16 http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx

Contrary to gullible media exaggerations, capital costs for offshore wind have not fallen, and the sites are not economic at the recently announced prices. The developers are just gambling on the small chance of very high fossil fuel prices in the near future, or more likely on a high carbon Read more