The Prime Minister has defended imposing green levies on energy bills despite the cost-of-living crisis, claiming there is “a lot of prejudice” against the sustainable agenda. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng previously failed to dismiss reports that the Government is considering scrapping the charges, which are used to fund renewable energy Read more
by SAS Team Member, Rachel Connor. LAST year an article in TCW exposed the gross misinterpretation and misrepresentation of polls conducted on behalf of RenewableUK, the voice of the wind and solar power industry, and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), purporting to show overwhelming support for Read more
The full version of this story is due to be published in the next couple of days. The results of a YouGov poll which claimed that three quarters of Britons would back a local wind farm has been questioned by a campaign group. Scotland Against Spin (SAS) has spoken out Read more
Make the wind operators pay for the energy bills pain I WAS aghast when I read the CEO of Scottish Power’s comments regarding escalating energy bills and his suggestions of who should be paying more (“‘Give poorest £1,000 off bills’ says Scottish Power boss”, The Herald, April 20). Scottish Power Read more
WE are regularly told by Scottish Government ministers and wind developers that wind-generated electricity is cheaper than that generated by conventional means. Coal generation has been totally closed down, half of our nuclear generation has been retired and our one remaining gas plant, used solely for grid balancing, has had Read more
With regards the ongoing debate about windfarms in Kintyre, we – the leaders of the 3 most impacted communities – would like to express our viewpoint. The development of wind farms across Kintyre is on an industrial scale, as demonstrated by the attached map. This will, of course, change the Read more
Would you fancy living next door to a nuclear plant? For much of her adult life, Tracy West has counted the hulking power station at Dungeness on the Kent coast as her neighbour, and she doesn’t have any complaints. In recent years, the 59-year-old, who works at the Pilot Inn Read more
Wind farms Aileen Jackson points to the easy acceptance of wind farms by those who will never have to live near them (Letters, 18 April). This has left a free hand to developers in Scotland. When subsidies stopped for wind farms in 2012 there were many hotly contested wind farm Read more