A NEW overhead line running for over 100 miles across some of the Highlands and Aberdeenshire’s most picturesque areas is being planned in a bid to enable “significant” growth of renewable energy and support transition away from fossil fuels. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission, which owns, operates and develops Read more…
We’re sure you will all remember the Scottish Government Onshore Wind Policy Statement Consultation to which SAS made a lengthy and very detailed response. SG Onshore Consultation response from Scotland against Spin To our dismay, the Scottish Government, without any justification, redacted a substantial part of our submission https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/onshore-wind-policy-statement-refresh-2021/consultation/view_respondent?_b_index=120&uuId=922490245 This Read more…
Squeezing “every last cubic inch of gas” from the North Sea, re-starting fracking, rejecting windfarms in favour of fossil fuels – the policies espoused by Jacob Rees-Mogg, against a backdrop of rising energy prices, form a clear indication of how the new business secretary will view his brief. https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/sep/06/record-of-climate-denialism-indicates-how-rees-mogg-will-handle-energy-brief?fbclid=IwAR22FaM8jY9UEWSgMpNOXQm87SfKXpgIGNVWf0fSZui7KkP7I32Bp1GGe5w
The UK is facing an unprecedented energy crisis with a £100billion bailout set to blow the country’s bank balance – and all the while renewables firms are finding huge profits literally blowing in the wind https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/uk-news/great-wind-farm-rip-off-27889339