Protesters held a picnic in Upper Kergord on Friday to show their concerns over Viking Energy’s windfarm. Over 50 folk turned up in the morning and had a picnic next to the site of an access road, which is being built for a large substation linked to the development. Ofgem’s Read more…
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t”, mused Polonius, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Four centuries on, the London-based decision to blow £1.3 billion of consumers’ money on a grid link/wind farm in Shetland, instead of a new £105 million, gas power station, is also madness. Why on earth would Read more…
Emissions from UK peatland could cancel out all carbon reduction achieved through new and existing forests, warns the countryside charity CPRE. It says many degraded peatlands are actually increasing carbon emissions. Yet, it says, there has been much more focus from the government and media on forests than on peat Read more…
The UK Government will conduct a review of current energy infrastructure at sea as it sets its sights on expanding offshore renewables. Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng announced the move, which aims to the help the UK increase offshore wind power from 10GW to 40GW by 2030. It’s claimed the improvement Read more…
Anyone with an interest in Noise should read this if they have the time. It came to our attention three years ago when one of the complainants contacted SAS for help, although the whole sorry tale started in 2011. The officer’s report is very comprehensive but the most important point Read more…
By DB Watson WITH fanfare, National Grid’s Energy System Operator (ESO) recently announced plans to bolster frequency control in the north of Scotland by providing a £25 million giant flywheel at Keith, the south end of the Spittal (near Thurso) to Blackhillock (Moray) high voltage direct current (HVDC) undersea interconnector. Read more…
Leading figures in onshore wind have voiced concerns that a lack of resources for local authorities could create a “barrier” to renewable projects. Hazel Gulliver from ScottishPower and Jamie Maxton from SSE Renewables both called for clarity around planning to speed up the delivery of major green energy developments. The Read more…