Energy mix According to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, “just short of 100 per cent of all the electricity we use in Scotland is from renewable sources”. And so far at COP26, a global climate change conference, Ms Sturgeon is still to be queried on this rather misleading statement. To be Read more…
We have just been informed by the Petitions Committee that responses have been received and posted on our Petition Webpage from Scottish Renewables, Planning Aid Scotland and Royal Town Planning Institute. It appears they were received a month ago but we are only getting sight of them now. However, we Read more…
A French court has recognised “turbine syndrome” after a couple complained their health was damaged by living near a windfarm. In what is believed to be the first judgment of its kind in France, Belgians Christel and Luc Fockaert were awarded more than €100,000 in compensation by the judge in Read more…
Brexit Britain urged to go nuclear and turbocharge modern economy BUSINESS leaders are today urging Boris Johnson to ramp up the UK’s production of nuclear powered energy to help deliver his net-zero dream by 2050. The Independent Business Network (IBN) argues in a new report that over the long-term nuclear Read more…
For Anna Borg, visiting Glasgow for Cop26 must feel like stepping on home turf. The chief executive of the Swedish state-owned energy giant Vattenfall, one of Britain’s biggest wind farm developers, has found plenty of support for erecting turbines in Scotland, where it has a number of wind farms. South Read more…
Could Scotland be a wind power super power? – Video Have you ever driven past a wind farm and seen some of the turbines are not turning – even on a windy day? In the UK’s national grid supply and demand have to balance – if there is too much Read more…
EMMANUEL MACRON’S tight grip on UK energy has been mapped by Express.co.uk after fears that dependency on France could increase following Boris Johnson’s net-zero pledges. The UK already hugely depends on France as a source of energy. In terms of renewable energy, Britain looks to Paris to help power its Read more…
Norman McNab’s letter We need honesty over renewables (letters 4 Nov), hits the nail on the head. He accuses the renewables industry (Wind in particular I would guess) and our Government ministers of spreading misleading information in relation to renewables being the cheapest form of energy. Unfortunately most people only Read more…