The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee today launches its first inquiry which will investigate the role of Ofgem, the UK’s energy market regulator. https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/media-centre/house-of-lords-media-notices/2021/june-2021/new-lords-committee-launches-call-for-evidence-on-ofgem-and-net-zero/?fbclid=IwAR1SlpYOmuF9XTQad3GJ2QjvmZW40IrTOR1INGfngNdaSI7DGa-v0nSQvA4
Households could see their energy bills rise by £30 per year as the power grid operator is forced to pay wind farms to switch off turbines. National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) is cautioning that constraint payments, delivered to generators when the network doesn’t have the capacity to transmit their Read more…
The winds which blow around Scotland’s coastlines are one of the country’s biggest assets. Harnessing that wind through offshore windfarms has helped propel the UK into pole position as the world leader in fixed offshore wind. Now Scotland stands on the cusp of benefiting from what Cerulean Winds believes are Read more…
This article in the Mail, echos what the SAS petition to the Scottish Parliament is all about. It was two of our members, Aileen and Rosemary, who attended and gave evidence at the Noise Conference. They have since been contacted and had discussions with planners, noise consultants and turbine manufacturers Read more…
The RSPB is calling on the Government to ensure better planning of offshore wind farms off the Yorkshire coast to help protect internationally important seabird populations On World Seabirds Day (Saturday 3rd July), the nature charity says that coastal waters off Yorkshire are internationally important for many seabirds, and while Read more…
£1.5bn investment to prepare Scotland’s electricity networks for net zero By David Bol Political Correspondent MORE THAN £1.5bn will be invested to prepare Scotland for a clean electricity transformation – central to plans to support electric vehicles and a transition away from gas central heating. Scotland has pledged to become Read more…
WIND energy is set to power every UK home by 2030 and plays a key role in the Government’s ambitious net-zero targets. But this renewable energy source has been met with its fair share of criticism. In fact, there is some doubt as to whether wind energy, or rather wind Read more…
The UK Government has dismissed calls from WindEurope for a continent-wide landfill ban on decommissioned turbine blades by 2025. Officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told reNEWS they do “not have plans” to legislate against the practice. A Defra spokesperson said that domestic law does, Read more…