SAFETYON, THE health and safety body for the onshore wind industry, based at the Energy Institute, has published its inaugural Annual Incident Data Report based on data collated and analysed over 2020. Benchmarking the health and safety performance of the UK onshore wind industry for the first time, the report Read more
Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to use a slice of an £800 million renewable energy windfall to “reimagine” Scotland’s future – and ensure communities benefit from the opportunities that are being “hoovered up” by the wealthy. Community Land Scotland (CLS) has written to the first minister to ask her to Read more
The government is launching a review into how energy retailers market green tariffs to consumers. Nine million British households are now on energy products that are advertised as being “100% renewable” or “green”. However, some energy companies accuse others of “greenwashing” – using marketing spin to make “dirty” fossil fuel Read more
Blown away Dr Mark Aitkehnead seems to be grasping at straws with his wind turbine CO2 emission calculations (Letters, 12 August). He does admit that the turbines are not always running at full capacity but the fact is they never are, 25 per cent is nearer the mark. That immediately Read more
Aileen Jackson asks an excellent question about windfarm development and damage to peat (Letters, 10 August). I had a quick look at the numbers for Whitelee Windfarm which sits partially in East Renfrewshire and has 2500 kilowatt turbines. Emissions from fossil fuels are around 0.25 kg of CO2 per kWh, Read more
New email address for submissions. A number of members alerted us to the fact that their submissions to our Petition had not been published on the Scottish Parliament website. Upon further investigation, we discovered that the Petitions Committee had been renamed on 30 June and their old email address (petitions@parliament.scot) Read more
Orsted and RWE, the world’s two largest offshore wind players, both suffered from lighter winds in the first half of the year, highlighting how profits in the booming industry remain tied to weather conditions. Denmark’s Orsted said wind speeds in the April-June period were “significantly lower than normal” and ranked Read more
SCOTLAND’S newest onshore wind farm has been officially opened in the Highlands 18-months on from construction first commencing. Cabinet secretary for net zero and energy, Michael Matheson, was on site at SSE Renewables Gordonbush Extension near Brora for the opening. It was constructed by the firm’s project delivery team in Read more