Increased interconnection to bring the energy produced to more people and industries is important and so is reforming the payments system, write Mario Intini and Michael Waterson Throughout Europe, wind power has been growing rapidly, indeed it has achieved a quarter of total electricity production in Germany, for example. However, Read more
Orkney Islands Council has launched a consultation on revised plans for a six-turbine wind farm on the island of Faray, one of Scotland’s Northern Isles. Initial concept plans for the Faray wind farm were presented at public events last year, and various studies carried out in the intervening period have Read more
The operator of the UK’s electricity system has said the risk of blackouts this winter has been reduced because energy demand is likely to be well below normal levels as people stay away from offices, pubs and restaurants during the Covid-19 pandemic. The UK was on course to face its Read more
The level of cynicism and hypocrisy among wind power advocates is breathtaking. The wind industry is slaughtering millions of birds and bats every year and yet there’s barely a peep from those who continue to berate us about ‘saving the planet’. Clear-felling swathes of forest and destroying natural habitats across Read more
Compiled by Stephen Lucking As promised I have been doing some research on S36 schemes and came up with the attached table. The term “WAVED” is used for schemes where there has been no objection from the authority and no need for a PLI. That seems to be happening more Read more
Excellent letter from Ian Moir today in the Scotsman.
Normally perfectly attuned to what right-wing newspaper press barons want, Boris Johnson made an uncharacteristic blunder when he announced he wanted to see offshore wind farms generating enough electricity to power every home in the UK within a decade. “He had no idea the Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere, a Read more
The operator of Britain’s electricity network warned late on Wednesday afternoon that low wind levels had forced it to search for emergency sources of power. In a statement, the National Grid Electricity Systems Operator (ESO) said: “Unusually low wind output coinciding with a number of generator outages means the cushion of spare capacity we Read more