What a depressing Christmas message from the Scottish Government to rural communities everywhere regarding the massive pro-posed increase in onshore wind development. Having for the last ten years been trodden on by ruthless multi-national wind developers, aided and abetted by an administration that is supposed to protect its citizens, many Read more…
In answer to a question about Community Benefits from our friends in the Borders who are currently preparing for a PLI, please see information below. It will be news to many and the Guidance may seem rather confusing and contradictory. It seems to be that “viability” and “economic input” are Read more…
Advanced plans by Dutch power grid aims to build power hub possibly at Dogger Bank whose scale would dwarf current offshore sites https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/29/is-this-the-future-dutch-plan-vast-windfarm-island-in-north-sea#comment-110211410
British wind farms generated more electricity than coal plants on more than 75% of days this year, figures show. The continuing rise of renewables and the decline of the most polluting fossil fuel also saw solar outperform coal more than half the time, data provided by analysis website MyGridGB to Read more…
The UK has achieved its greenest year ever in terms of how the nation’s electricity is generated, National Grid figures reveal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42495883
Environmental activists have withdrawn an advertising campaign after being accused of making false claims about the price of wind energy The poster was launched in September by Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi It claimed the price of wind farming had dropped by 50 per cent over two years Following a complaint Read more…
The amount of power that can be generated from the Moray East Wind Farm is significantly more than quoted and ‘very much a conservative estimate’, according to a spokesman for the project. Moray East Wind Farm’s 950K houses powered ‘very conservative’ estimate
MINIATURE “bird backpacks” or tiny tracking tags on tail feathers could help reveal how wild birds move around offshore wind farms. The technologies are among suggestions put forward in response to a challenge from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, on behalf of offshore wind farms, to come up with more Read more…