MINISTERS stand to lose up to £52.4m of taxpayers money after pulling the rug under state-owned renewables manufacturer Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) which is now believed to be on the brink of financial collapse. The Herald on Sunday can reveal that ministers signed off on what was a secret £30m guarantee Read more…
The fact that chaotically intermittent wind power can’t be delivered as and when it’s needed means the destruction of wilderness, landscapes, rural communities, and millions of birds and bats (including plenty of species on the brink of extinction) is pretty hard to justify. Rural communities are sick and tired of Read more…
A Dutch firm’s plan to expand the controversial Limekiln Wind Farm near Shebster hit a stumbling block as Highland councillors objected to the plan. Members overruled officers who had recommended not raising an objection to the consultation by the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit, the body that oversees major generating Read more…
The collapse of a deal that would have seen BiFab build structures for a £2 billion offshore windfarm could spell the last straw for the struggling Fife yards. Labour MSP Claire Baker said it was difficult to see how the mothballed yards at Methil and Burntisland could ever reopen in Read more…
Donald Trump was mocked after bizarrely suggested burning fossil fuels to run America’s industries is safer for the climate than wind power. The US President declared America is “energy independent” during a debate about climate change in the final presidential debate before the election last night. He also told rival Read more…
There will be a Substantive Hearing in the Court of Session on Friday 23 October 2020 before Lord Tyre in the case between Energiekontor and the Ministry of Defence regarding the Eskdalemuir seismic monitoring station noise budget. If the developer is successful it could open the door to new policy Read more…
Industry-wide underreporting of fires at wind farms has led to poor risk mitigation and damage prevention strategies, a report from a fire suppression firm has found. Firetrace International’s report, called In the Line of Fire, looks at the threat of wind farm fires amid changes in turbine technology and the Read more…
A deal for Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) to build structures for a £2bn offshore wind farm has collapsed according to union leaders. BiFab was to manufacture eight turbine jackets at its yards in Methil, Fife, as part of the Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG) project developed by EDF Renewables. However GMB Scotland Read more…