Companies that operate the UK’s energy networks have criticised Ofgem’s draft determination on transmission network plans, saying proposals will hinder their ability to deliver changes to meet net zero. Proposals detail in Ofgem’s draft determinations for the RIIO-2 price control for transmission and gas distribution network companies, include nearly halving Read more
Ofgem will this week set out a five-year multibillion-pound investment programme to build a greener, fairer energy system. CEO Jonathan Brearley said the consumer-funded programme was an opportunity for the energy industry to play a key role in Britain’s recovery following Covid-19. Huge investment is needed in the grid to Read more
Wind consolation WITH the knowledge that there is no evidence that industrial wind turbines will do anything to alter what the climate does we watch with ever more horror and disbelief as the Scottish Government backs the wind industry’s destruction of our precious land and seascapes. However, there is one Read more
Sandy Knowe Wind Farm – Consented A wind farm with a generating capacity in excess of 50 MW, comprising 24 wind turbines and associated infrastructure with a ground to blade tip height of up to 125 meters located southwest of Kirkconnel and Kelloholm in Dumfries & Galloway ECU00000660 http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00000660&fbclid=IwAR3j8lsb0pBaHh94CdE70ZGmee0ThofOyrIBcW8XLVsH7Gp3Y3UBlezYHes
Almost 90% of energy professionals say the UK is currently off track for net zero by 2050. That’s the gloomy suggestion made in the Energy Institute’s latest Energy Barometer report, which surveyed more than 350 UK professionals from across the sector – the results show more than half believe the Read more
SSE Renewables is renaming its Seagreen 2 and 3 offshore wind projects off Scotland to the Berwick Bank and Marr Bank wind farms, respectively. Both projects are located in the North Sea beyond the Firth of Forth. The proposed installed capacity of Berwick Bank is between 1400MW and 2300MW and Read more
A new wind farm off the West Cumbrian coast would be “highly controversial”, councillors have warned. An area between Maryport and Sellafield has been identified as one of five potential sites for offshore developments. Copeland Council’s nuclear and energy board member Sam Pollen said it was “vital” the authority decided Read more
Radical environmental activists are scaring a whole generation of children to falsely believe the world is on the brink of an environmental apocalypse, according to environmental policy expert Michael Shellenberger.