Senators adopted an amendment Friday (18 June) giving municipalities the right to veto a wind turbine project as part of the currently debated Climate and Resilience Law. EURACTIV France reports. Following a stormy debate, senators voted in favour of mayors obtaining the right to veto wind farm projects with the Read more
There is ongoing interest in Professor Gordon Hughes’ empirical work on the economics of wind power, with occasional requests for talks and summaries, and updates and recent reflections. The attached paper was presented recently to a London-based financial organisation. It summarises afresh the work published by REF in 2020, and Read more
There’s a landfill legacy being created by wind turbine blades, with the First World cynically using the Third World as its dumping ground: ‘Green’ Energy’s Poisonous Legacy: Millions of Toxic Turbine Blades Destined for African Landfills Thousands of 45-70m blades (weighing between 10 to 25 tonnes) are being ground up Read more
NICOLA STURGEON could deliver a terrifying situation for Britons, according to a former Scottish National Party (SNP) minister, who claimed: “England requires Scotland’s electricity to keep the lights on.” The leader of the SNP has already sent a warning to Prime Minister Boris Johnson over “picking a fight with the Read more
The Galloway & Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere Partnership Board have made their representations to the public inquiry into the Clauchrie Windfarm proposal. The proposed development would see 18 wind turbines up to 200m in height to blade tip with an overall generating capacity of around 100 megawatts (MW) installed. South Read more
The full Judgement in respect of PETER SWEETMAN APPLICANT AND AN BORD PLEANÁLA, IRELAND AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RESPONDENTS AND BORD NA MÓNA POWERGEN LIMITED https://www.bailii.org/ie/cases/IEHC/2021/2021IEHC390.html
The UK-Norway interconnector, known as the ‘North Sea Link’, has just been completed and started testing. At 720 km and 1.4GW capacity – at a total cost of €2 bln – it is the world’s longest interconnector. As Nigel Williams, construction director of the North Sea Link, said, the interconnector would Read more
SPAIN and France have complained to Brussels over concerns the UK Government is favouring British firms when it comes to awarding contracts worth billions of pounds The new spat with the EU is in response to Boris Johnson’s procurement policy for the British wind turbine industry. The EU, particularly Madrid Read more