Wind and solar power chiefs have denounced the UK government decision to scrap feed-in tariff subsidies – and with no plans to replace them – as being a hammer-blow to the industry and ‘not FiT for purpose’. Solar industry advocates had hoped there would be a replacement for the scheme, Read more…
YOU pick up on the news of the new subsidies that may help remote locations develop wind farms and quote the positive news, nationally, in terms of renewables for the first quarter of this year (“Renewable energy boom driven by £557m auctions”, The Herald, July 24). I wonder how the Read more…
A number of major renewable energy developers from EU nations have submitted a range of planning applications to the Scot-Govt for permission to build new, or to extend existing, consented and/or built wind turbine farms. German-owned Energiekontor UK has earmarked moorland near Lairg in Sutherland for its latest venture, which Read more…
The amount of offshore wind around the UK is set to double in the next decade after the Government confirmed support for the industry. A new auction for companies to bid for subsidies for offshore wind farms will take place in May next year, with auctions every two years, providing Read more…
Alan Simpson Scotland is set for a multi-million pound renewable energy boom which experts say will transform local communities. UK Ministers yesterday announced that wind power projects on some of Scotland’s furthest-flung outposts will be able to apply for subsidies which would remove the element of financial risk that comes Read more…
THE President of the United States may have an intense dislike for the offshore wind farm that, he insisted, ruined the view from his Aberdeenshire golf course, but increasing numbers of people are coming to the realisation that renewable energy is an idea whose time has come. Earlier this month, Read more…
The renewable wind-ustry has welcomed new plans by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on new auctions to secure renewable energy sources – which mean that the UK’s offshore wind capacity is set to nearly double over the next decade. UK-Govt. ministers confirmed that the next competitive auction Read more…
Shetland is to get a new 50 megawatt (MW) wind development between Lerwick and Scalloway if an application by developer Peel Energy is successful. The Mossy Hill development will be applied for as part of the new remote island inclusion within the UK Government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction. The Read more…