‘Woefully inadequate’: Experts savage Scots Gov environmental masterplan to stop breaching international law – Herald
This just says it all. https://www.heraldscotland.com/…/20590411.woefully…/
Renewables provided 40 per cent of Britain’s electricity in 2021 – Business Green
Almost 40 per cent of Britain’s electricity was provided by renewable sources in 2021, making it the second highest year on record for clean power generation, the government has confirmed in its official annual energy statistics compendium. https://www.businessgreen.com/…/official-renewables..
THE ELECTRICITY SMOKESCREEN – Herald letters
I WISH to talk about gas and wind. This is not a gastric issue, though – OVO (formerly SSE) customers, who have been informed their electricity is 100 per cent green, will be interested to know that today (July 27) it is 75% powered by gas. South Scotland is Read more…
SP Energy’s £1.6bn Eastern Link project hit by delay – The National
A SUBSTATION at the centre of a £1.6 billion project to create an underwater “super highway” to bring offshore energy into the UK network has been hit with a delay after plans had to be withdrawn. SP Energy wants to create new facilities in East Lothian as part of the project which will Read more…
Politicians blow hot and cold, but most Tory members want more wind farms – Telegraph
Do they really think we are buttoned up the back? Instead of differentiating between on and offshore wind farms, or people who live in rural or urban environments,they deliberately muddy the waters to get the answer they want. New wind farms are backed by the majority of Conservative members, according Read more…
Secretive SNP blasted for redacting key responses to wind farms consultation – Express
The Scottish Government has been caught up in another secrecy scandal as they were blasted for redacting key responses to their wind farms consultation. The document was an analysis of all the contributions that had been made to the consultation as the SNP look to refresh their wind farm policy. Read more…
Lees Hill Energy Park -Pre Application
Scottish Borders Up to 7 wind turbines up to 200 m to tip height, ground-mounted solar photovoltaic panels, battery storage, and all other associated infrastructure. Combined total installed capacity of up to 100 MW with up to an additional 60 MW of battery storage. https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00004571
We don’t have enough room for huge expansions in wind turbines, Scots tells SNP – Telegraph
The SNP plans to double Scotland’s onshore wind capacity, ignoring the damage to rural areas already being “saturated” with turbines, communities and planners have warned ministers. Respondents to the Scottish Government consultation on the proposal criticized the “lack of mention of adverse impacts” on the countryside, including “visual, landscape, cultural Read more…