The coronavirus has delivered a global recession, now RE rent seekers want to deliver a truly Great Depression, with desperate calls for even more subsidies for chaotically intermittent wind and solar. Since Britain launched into its wind power obsession in 2002, retail power prices have more than doubled. Which tends Read more
By Brian Donnelly Business Correspondent A SCOTTISH engineering group has called on the UK and Scottish governments to create “crucial connections” to help steer the commercial future of wave and tidal stream energy. The call comes after “two decades in which government incentives have failed to produce commercially viable projects”, Read more
A Public Local Inquiry into a major wind farm in the wilds of Badenoch is due to be held towards the end of this year. Highland Council raised an objection to SIMEC’s proposed development at Glenshero in the Monadhliath hills in October, last year. The inquiry has been set for Read more
Hundreds of renewable energy projects may be asked to turn off this weekend to avoid overloading the grid as the UK’s electricity demand plummets to record lows. Britain’s demand for electricity is forecast to tumble to a fifth below normal levels due to the spring bank holiday and the shutdown Read more
Caithness councillor Matthew Reiss is worried about a “profoundly undemocratic” aspect of the planning system that apparently allows energy firms to plan a new wind farm but call it an extension of an existing one. He fears it could lead to wind farm planning decisions being taken out of the Read more
By Graham Brown A three-day online public inquiry will take place over the planned compulsory purchase of land, which includes part of Carnoustie’s famous golf links, for work associated with what will become Scotland’s biggest offshore windfarm. Cables from the near-£6billion Seagreen development off the Angus coast are due Read more
Many people know that the Renewable industry has lobbied long and hard for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to be widened again to include on shore windfarms – which are the most lucrative, cost effective means of producing electricity from wind .The CfD is a 15 year contract, Read more
Renewables generated more than 40% of Britain’s power in the first three months of the year – overtaking fossil fuels for the first time, analysis shows. Wind farms were vying for top spot with gas in the electricity mix, generating 30.5% of power, just behind fossil fuels which contributed 30.6% Read more