Many thanks to SAS member Stephen Lucking who has been updating our stats on Reporters’ decisions for us. Please see the files attached below. APPEALS – REPORTERS CASES – 230822 APPEALS – REPORTERS RANKED LIVE APPEALS AND S36 ALPHABETICAL 220822
Seagreen, which is located about 27km (17 miles) off the Angus coast in the North Sea, has been in development for more than a decade. When fully operational, it will have 114 turbines and generate 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of electricity – enough to power about one million homes. Each will Read more
SAS has made the following submission to our Petition to the Scottish Parliament: PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms in response to the recent submission from the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth. Legislative competence SAS is grateful to the Minister for Read more
Nicola Sturgeon and her colleagues took to the airwaves this weekend to suggest an independent Scotland would have a nationalised energy industry, seemingly forgetting that in October 2017 she said that “by the end of this Parliament in 2021 we will set up a publicly owned, not for profit Read more
New offshore wind power projects will be “crucial” as Scotland seeks to become “one of the net-zero capitals of Europe”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister spoke out as seabed agreements were announced for three new developments in the waters around Shetland, which together are expected to generate some Read more
Kwasi Kwarteng is planning to clamp down on wind and solar energy firms as a new forecast predicted the energy price cap will hit £6,000 in April. The Telegraph can reveal Mr Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, is also preparing to intervene in the energy market in an attempt to stabilise Read more
Inconvenient truths Drax burns wood pellets to produce electricity but it is not green electricity. The pellets come from 27 million trees from forests in the US and Canada which are then shipped 4,500 miles to Immingham, creating 1.5 million tons of CO2 every year. It will take 50 years Read more
Long article worth reading. Why might we want to invest in fusion power, though, when renewables like wind, solar and wave power are mature technologies which are becoming ever-cheaper to build, run and maintain? One answer is that some renewables, like wind and solar, are still dependent on environmental conditions. Read more