November 2017

The Supreme Court has rejected RSPB Scotland’s request to consider an appeal into the Scot-Govt in 2014 to greenlight four offshore wind farms off the east coast of Scotland – meaning the very large-scale developments can proceed. These include the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm from Mainstream Read more

RSPB Scotland has been refused permission to appeal against a ruling which allows an offshore wind farm to go ahead. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41903653

Plans for a wind farm near the site of an ancient hill fort in the Scottish Borders have been unanimously rejected by councillors. Historic Environment Scotland had noted the impact on Penchrise Pen but said it did not consider it of enough “national significance” to object. Scottish Borders Council had Read more

PLANS to put up one of the world’s tallest wind turbines in the Scottish Borders will destroy hopes of creating Scotland’s third national park, campaigners have warned. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15644339.New_wind_farm_puts_plans_for_Scotland_s_third_national_park_at_risk/

A new platform for businesses to source renewable energy in the European market has been launched. Set up by Solar Power Europe, Wind Europe, RE100 and WBCSD the RE-Source Platform claims to be the first and only multi-stakeholder platform in Europe bringing together the interests of both renewable energy buyers Read more

Siemens Gamesa will cut 6,000 jobs as a part of a new restructuring plan “to increase its competitiveness,” the company said on Monday. https://www.ft.com/content/50d2d7a9-ad26-3bc0-8b2e-cd47b17cf3ad

Older readers may recall the phrase – if not the period – back in the middle of last century during the heady, happy heydays of the nuclear industry when it was proclaimed that nuclear electricity would be ‘too cheap to meter’. This never did come to pass in the 70-odd Read more