Why is SSE being nominated for an award by Scottish Renewables for “Community Engagement Strategy in Shetland” at the Scottish Green Energy Awards https://www.scottishrenewables.com/events/174-sgea2022/categories?fbclid=IwAR2KCFXlPPIPZh9BJNZ5UNfUgmugXSXIPrrBiRXgcTyDS49PZXkxrhFTcQw when they have been accused by the Shetland Community of “unwillingness to communicate with the community”? Below is an article from this week’s Shetland News. Read more…
The forecast figures around jobs in renewables often look good. Take a recent analysis of Scotland’s biggest planned offshore wind farm, Berwick Bank, in the outer Firth of Forth, by BVG associates, which estimated this single project could bring round 4,650 direct and indirect jobs in Scotland, and 9,300 in Read more…
Blowback Many politicians and fellow letter writers claim that the cost of wind-generated electricity is cheaper than that generated by gas. Although this claim is highly questionable it diverts attention from the real and significant problem with wind generation, namely its reliability. Whether one or ten thousand wind turbines Read more…