As the deadline for submissions to the Scottish Government’s Onshore Wind Policy Statement has now passed, we are publishing the Scotland Against Spin submission to the Consultation. We sought permission to respond in a pdf format rather than complete the electronic response form as it allowed us to comment on Read more…
More than £5bn worth of transmission infrastructure upgrades have been recommended for the north of Scotland by the UK grid operator. National Grid Electricity System Operator’s 2022 Network Options Assessment outlined the plans, which are in line with the UK government’s ambitions to generate 40GW offshore wind by 2030 and Read more…
Nuclear partner MSP Liam Kerr did well to explode the myth that nuclear power is expensive, but then claims that onshore wind farms are ‘part of the solution’ (‘SNP is wrong to pour scorn on a move to low-carbon nuclear’, Scotsman, 28 January).Nuclear power provides clean base-load electricity but cannot Read more…
Confusion over National Grid I NOTE the report by Martin Williams on the economic implications of offshore wind development in the seas around Scotland. I am a retired senior manager from the electricity networks industry and was intensively involved in the commercial restructuring of the British grid system at the Read more…
As we enter the New Year, the British public faces a perfect storm of cost of living pressures: rising inflation and property prices and — perhaps most serious of all — rocketing energy costs. According to Ofgem, households are paying an average of £1,277 for their gas and electricity — Read more…
There must be no more large-scale onshore wind farms. Too much damage has been done already ONCE again Vicky Allan has used her column to highlight one the great injustices of today – the overriding generosity of UK and Scottish governments towards private sector energy companies at the expense of Read more…
The young boy cut a vulnerable figure as he marched amidst hundreds of sturdy manufacturing workers in Edinburgh, clutching a sign reading ‘Save Daddy’s Work’. He may have captured the sympathy of onlookers in the Scottish capital, but his efforts were in vain. The company they were trying to save, Read more…
The Scottish Government reporter has overturned Highland Council’s refusal of a wind farm planning application, despite widespread local opposition. The north planning committee also learned today that operators Energiekontor have already said they want to increase the height of the wind turbine tips. Chairwoman Maxine Morley-Smith branded the developers “sneaky” Read more…