The Chancellor proposes a windfall tax on renewable generators who at present are paid if they generate, and paid if they do not but are available. When available, their generation is taken as a priority by the System Operator (National Grid). They get tax relief on all investment, and are Read more
One thing that could seal the Government’s fate would be power blackouts this winter. No administration can preside over the lights going out and survive at the subsequent election, as Edward Heath discovered in 1974. The National Grid had been expected to activate an emergency scheme offering households discounts on Read more
The Australian clean energy industry has warned of growing evidence linking renewable energy supply chains to modern slavery, and urged companies and governments to act to eliminate it. A report by the Clean Energy Council, representing renewable energy companies and solar installers, has called for more local renewable energy production Read more
ALEX Cole-Hamilton has written to the UK Statistics Authority over the Yes campaign’s use of a disputed wind power figure on a leaflet. The Scottish LibDem leader pointed to a social media post shared by SNP activist Olaf Stando and two other independence campaigners knocking on doors in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Read more
Staging rebellions against their own government has become a way of life for many Tory MPs – but why choose onshore wind farms as the hill on which to die? If Rishi Sunak concedes to the demands of a group of (reportedly) around 50 MPs and lifts the moratorium on Read more
While some backbenchers want to block development, others want more of it – particularly onshore wind The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill, supposedly the Government’s flagship domestic policy, is proving more problematic than ministers expected. A vote was due today on the remaining stages but has been postponed after Tory MPs Read more
A green energy expert whose firm scammed £4million from customers for wind farm schemes has been banned from running companies for 14 years. Geoscientist Dr Paul Dougan was hit with the ban after a probe by the Insolvency Service found he used investors’ cash to fund separate property ventures instead Read more
Power trio The article “Power trio set to energise the country” by Ilona Amos says that the three cutting-edge battery storage units being built in Scotland will cut household bills (Scotsman, 24 November). That’s what was said about wind turbines before £1 billion of constraint payments were added to Read more