A fire has knocked out a key facility in Kent where electricity from France arrives by undersea cable, worsening the UK’s energy supply crunch. The blaze at the National Grid substation in Sellindge, near Ashford, was reported at 12.32am on Wednesday, according to Kent Fire Brigade. The facility links subsea Read more
Evidence provided by a farmer claiming his property values dropped after a wind farm was built nearby cannot be used in a Victorian court case. Key points: Evidence to show a property’s value dropped because of the wind farm is thrown out Noel Uren is claiming $200,000 and other damages Read more
By Rachel Morison and Anna Shiryaevskaya – Bloomberg Electricity prices soared to a record in Britain as a period of still weather is curbing wind power, exposing the U.K.’s reliance on intermittent renewables. U.K. power for next day exceed 400 pounds ($553) a megawatt-hour at an auction on Monday, an Read more