Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm – Consented
Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm Wind Farm (Generating station of >50 < 100 MW Capacity ) Scottish Borders Council http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx
New 10MW energy battery-storage facility to be built in Perthshire – Scottish Energy News
A new 10MW energy battery storage unit has been approved by Perthshire council – the first such scheme by CapBal Ltd to secure planning permission in Scotland. The Braco battery storage facility will connect into the local electricity grid that is managed by Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks. It will Read more
Hunterston Turbine D-Day this month – Largs and Millport News
It is D-Day for the Hunterston turbines with a decision expected to be taken by Scottish Ministers this month. http://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/15705785.Hunterston_Turbine_D_Day_this_month/
We ain’t seen nothin’ yet – Shetland News
One of the reasons Sustainable Shetland objected to Peel Energy’s Beaw Field planning application was on the grounds of potential cumulative effect (Government approval for Beaw Field wind farm plans; SN, 4/12/2017). http://www.shetnews.co.uk/letters/15601-we-ain-t-seen-nothin-yet
China’s first all-electric zero-emissions cargo ship is going to be used to transport coal – Chinese State News Agency
NOT SO GREEN Echo Huang China, already the world’s biggest electric-vehicle market, is now using battery power to fuel cargo shipping as well. A Chinese company has built a 2,000 metric-ton (2,204 tons) all-electric cargo ship, which was launched from the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in mid-November, according to Read more
Salmond: Renewable marine energy will still make ‘Scotland the Saudi Arabia of tidal power’ – despite ‘Brex-odus’ of EU skilled workers in Brexit ‘madness’ Scottish Energy News
In a wide-ranging keynote speech at the Renewables After Brexit conference at Dundee University, former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond identified three main threats to Scotland’s renewable energy sector after Brexit; namely; – The Brexit ‘Brex-odus’ brain drain of skilled EU workers The nuclear folly of building a new atom Read more
Offshore wind farm could make vital Fife fishing ground a no-go zone – Courier
By Cheryl Peebles Fife’s fishing industry could be hit by the loss of a vital fishing ground to an offshore wind farm. Eight turbines up to 800ft high may be built off the coast of Methil, in an area of rich pickings for fishermen from both sides of the Read more
Jeremy Cresswell: Scrapping low carbon energy subsidies … is it that terrible? – Energy Voice
I’m trying to fathom out what the changes to low carbon subsidies sneaked into the Tories’ latest UK Budget really means. https://www.energyvoice.com/opinion/157893/jeremy-cresswell-scrapping-low-carbon-energy-subsidies-terrible/