The Scottish Government has announced that deadlines for planning applications have been extended, reflecting the slowdown caused by the outbreak of COVID 19. Freedom Of Information extensions have also been granted.
The Smart Export Guarantee is the new support mechanism designed to ensure small-scale generators are paid for the renewable electricity they export to the National Grid. It has been in place since 1 January 2020. You may be eligible to apply if you have one of the below renewable energy Read more…
As with the DPEA in Scotland, the Planning Inspectorate in England has been held up somewhat by having to cancel public Hearings but things are still moving ahead by electronic means. A decision on whether to build the world’s biggest wind farm off the east Norfolk coast has been hit Read more…
By Brian Donnelly Business Correspondent ENERGY heavyweight SSE has said that it plans to recommend a dividend but that it would “monitor closely” the course of coronavirus on business. Scottish Hydroelectric owner SSE made the statement in an update before its financial year ends on March 31 2020. It said Read more…
OSLO, March 25 (Reuters) – Norway is postponing a decision on whether to allow companies to construct a new subsea power cable between it and Scotland, the government said on Wednesday. Known as NorthConnect and partly owned by Swedish energy group Vattenfall, the project is controversial as some Norwegian lawmakers Read more…
Wind farm projects across Scotland are looking to redirect community benefit funding to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Community benefits money from the 7.5MW Fishermen Three wind farm will be diverted to provide emergency grants to local families in hardship. The project, near Cockburnspath in the Scottish Borders, is co-owned by Read more…
Renewable energy accounted for 90% of all the electricity used in Scotland last year, according to newly released figures. The Scottish Government said more electricity was generated from renewable sources in 2019 than ever before – 30.5 terrawatt hours (TWh) up from 26.5 TWh in 2018. With one year until Read more…
There needs to be a full review of the costs that will arrive from the ban on fossil fuels – Herald Letters YOUR article on the costly subsidies given out to the smart meter industry (“Costly smart meter plan has not been very clever”, Herald Business, March 24) highlights the Read more…