Facebook has signed an agreement with Brookfield Renewable Partners for a Tipperary wind farm as part of a major international project to buy clean power to support its operations globally. The social media giant, which is already one of the world’s biggest corporate consumers of renewable energy, has signed contracts Read more
A renewables investor with a big windfarm portfolio in Scotland has highlighted its appetite for acquisitions in the country after making progress amid challenging conditions in the first half. The Renewables Infrastructure Group was impacted by the fall in energy prices triggered by the fallout from the coronavirus. Lockdowns resulted Read more
Offshore wind farm potential is enormous. They are no longer limited to shallow water but can operate from anchored rafts – and the size and output of the turbines keeps increasing. Less than a decade ago turbines of three megawatts (MW) were the new giants – now the industry is Read more
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