Back in April 2015, former vice chairman of Sustainable Shetland, James Mackenzie, was invited to give a presentation to a Planning Democracy event in Glasgow. Among other things, the conference explored options for a more equitable planning system, including the idea of equal rights of appeal to create a level Read more
A rift has emerged within one of England’s biggest rural charities over their support for onshore wind and solar farms. CPRE, the countryside charity, came out in favour of the return of subsidies for onshore wind and solar earlier this year, effectively ending its role as one of the country’s Read more
Government ministers hope to triple Britain’s energy storage capacity by relaxing the planning rules which threatened to stifle a nationwide battery boom. The government will pass secondary legislation on Tuesday to allow large-scale energy storage projects to move ahead without the red tape and higher costs of navigating the national Read more
The global offshore wind sector saw a huge financing surge of around £27 billion in the first half of 2020, despite the threat posed to the energy sector by the coronavirus pandemic. Latest figures from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF) claims that offshore wind had “by far” it’s busiest business year Read more
In the history of commerce, there’s never been a financial scam that comes anywhere near rivalling subsidised wind power. There aren’t many businesses where a major source of revenue is being paid to NOT produce what it is that your business is meant to produce. STT is at a loss Read more
MORE details have emerged about the environmental advisory group which has been set up to oversee the construction of the planned Viking Energy wind farm. Among those confirmed to sit on the group include north mainland councillor Alastair Cooper, Andrew McBride from Peatland Action Shetland and Shetland Bird Club’s Pete Read more
Article from Colin Innes of Shepherd and Wedderburn in today’s Scotsman.
Another letter in today’s Scotsman from Ian Moir.