As we look forward to hosting COP26, the transition in our energy market is gathering pace with onshore and offshore wind becoming an increasingly attractive investment for large corporate players. As the Scottish Greens approved their Bute House Agreement with the governing SNP it was not surprising to see sides Read more…
The UK has opened applications for a £450m innovation fund aimed at accelerating efforts to decarbonise energy networks, as the country gears up to host the UN’s COP26 climate summit later this year. Ofgem, the independent energy system regulator, and Innovate UK are pushing for companies to come forward with Read more…
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The Agenda has now been published for the Hearing of the Scotland Against Spin Public Petition to the Scottish Parliament. https://www.parliament.scot/…/mee…/2021/cppps6212/agenda If you follow the Clerk’s notes you will find our Petition https://www.parliament.scot/~/media/committ/374 They seem to have done a reasonably good job of highlighting the main issues to the Committee. Read more…
HE UK Government has been accused of “pulling the rug from under” Scotland’s renewable energy sector, as Greens MSP Mark Ruskell has told Express.co.uk of the “uneasy” relationship Scotland has with Westminster. The question of Scotland’s energy promises to be a key issue for Scottish independence. Scotland has emerged in Read more…
The fishing industry has attacked the cooperation deal between the SNP and the Scottish Greens, claiming it will create an “increasingly hostile environment” for the industry. In a letter sent to rural affairs and islands cabinet secretary, Mairi Gougeon and net zero cabinet secretary, Michael Matheson, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Read more…
Moffat and District Community Council will no longer object to Scoop Hill windfarm on behalf of the town – despite committing to do so last month. Instead, the group will only forward the results of its recent community consultation on the proposed 75-turbine development to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit Read more…
Today’s letters in the Scotsman