A recent survey has shown that that 38% of people in Scotland believe that renewable energy could be a driver to solving the country’s fuel poverty crisis. Nearly 40% of Scots believe renewables could be solution to fuel poverty
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North Connect – the planned private-sector interconnector cable between Norway and Scotland – could be cancelled as a result of Norway’s adoption of the EU’s latest energy legislation. The leader of the Norwegian parliament’s energy committee said that if the £2 billion project is to go ahead, it would need Read more…
A Scottish community-owned company is aiming to raise £1.75 million by issuing bonds in the 500-kW wind turbine it owns on the A Chòigeach peninsula north of Ullapool. The Coigach Community plan to use the new funding will be used to refinance the wind turbine asset and enable the Read more…
Independent energy analysts at the Aurora consultancy yesterday forecast that the first subsidy-free wind and solar-power plants will be built by 2025. This is three years after the planned construction of the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm, which will be built in The Netherlands by 2022. However, power Read more…
Aviation chiefs have grounded plans for a Newton Mearns windfarm over safety fears. Proposals for six turbines measuring 76.5m between Shieldhill Farm and Moor Road were presented to East Renfrewshire Council’s planning committee last week but Councillors rejected the plans after National Air Traffic Service bosses raised concerns about losing Read more…
A giant wind turbine is to be erected above a north-east castle despite concerns about its impact on the historic site. Giant wind turbine to be erected above a north-east castle
The Dutch Government has awarded a contract to build the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farms. The costs of offshore wind in Europe have been falling dramatically in recent years as manufacturers bring ever-larger turbines to the market, thereby triggering generating-cost economies of scale. To be built by 2022, Read more…