Vale of Leven Wind Farm – Pre application
Vale of Leven Wind Farm – Pre application Proposed Development of up to 19 wind turbines, each with a maximum blade tip height of 200m. https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00003468
UK government threatened with legal action over offshore wind farms – Telegraph
Communities in Suffolk are threatening the UK government with legal action after business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng last month approved two controversial wind farms off England’s east coast. Suffolk residents had objected to the projects being developed by ScottishPower, the UK arm of Spanish utility Iberdrola, because of the design and Read more
Net Zero – A grim fairy tale – The Conservative Woman
Dear Prime Minister What would convince you that your ‘net zero carbon’ strategy is a fairy tale? Let’s go back to basics. Carbon dioxide (CO2) (not ‘carbon’) is not a pollutant. It’s a trace gas and essential for life. Only 5 per cent of CO2 is man-made and largely through Read more
Updated data
DATA Data on renewable energy in Scotland has been published for many years appearing on a quarterly basis and reflecting the state of play 3 months earlier. I have used the data to create two documents (attached) which I update quarterly one of which is a spreadsheet. This is easy Read more
Windy cities? – Scotsman letters
Anyone who opposes a wind farm is frequently referred to as a “Nimby”. This is due to the fact they are generally quoted as describing them as eyesores or blots on the landscape. No doubt these people also explain in great detail, as only someone who actually lives beside Read more
Clean energy’s dirty secret: How push for modern technology has made Chinese pond toxic – Sky
This is old news and was first reported in 2011. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1350811/In-China-true-cost-Britains-clean-green-wind-power-experiment-Pollution-disastrous-scale.html It has now been reported on Sky News. https://news.sky.com/story/clean-energys-dirty-secret-pond-filled-with-toxic-material-in-northern-china-is-by-product-of-rare-earth-processing-12592342?fbclid=IwAR0zqEkuRmR2pcqwBNDsaj82lT-Tl_qmpF67gnw3P-AMjkzNS9jpzIw7vuM
Slowdown in onshore wind rollout could add £125 to bills – ITV
The following article was discovered on the ITV website at 6am this morning. By 7am the link had been disabled and the article removed from the website. Moves to slow the expansion of onshore wind farms in Britain could add as much as £125 to each household’s energy bills in Read more
The problem with onshore wind farms – Spectator
Remember how David Cameron’s government was going to end Nimbyism by having local communities vote for new housing developments on their doorsteps? That didn’t end so well. Last October, following a shock defeat in the Amersham by-election, the Prime Minister gave up on building more new homes in the shires Read more