Senior Government figures have been using the claim Scotland is home to 25 per cent of Europe’s offshore wind resource potential for years. However, a new report from the pro-union think-tank, These Islands, debunks the figure, with ministers now admitting the figure is false and “requires updating”. The These Island Read more
A Scottish university spin-out company is looking to raise funding to further develop rotor technology that its founders believe could open up the wind turbine market to existing manufacturers across the country. Myriad Wind Energy Systems is in “positive conversations” with potential investors after securing a £50,000 grant from Innovate Read more
On 7 September 2022 we published the SAS response to the Scottish Government’s redaction of substantial parts of our submission to the Onshore Wind Policy Statement Consultation. Their reasons for the redactions were unjustified and bizarre. Our full submission, the redacted version, our complaint, their response and our second stage Read more
Just received from the Chief Planner We have now published the independent analysis report of the responses to the consultation. Further information, and the Revised Draft NPF4, is available at TransformingPlanning.scot. Kind regards, Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Division Scottish Government
Workers were forced to evacuate from a transformer platform in the giant £3billion Seagreen wind farm 27 miles off Scotland’s Angus coastline, following an escape of “the most potent greenhouse gas” in the world. The sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) escape – the most damaging to the world, according to the [US Read more
Payments to wind farms to reduce output are an ongoing national scandal, with the cost to consumers now totalling well over £1 billion since the payments began in 2010. We have repeatedly observed that the prices charged by wind farms to reduce output not only routinely exceeded the subsidy income Read more
The UK has been squandering an estimated £1billion a year in energy as the National Grid’s infrastructure cannot handle the volumes of clean power currently being produced https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1691983/energy-crisis-uk-wasting-million-energy-wind-farm-turn-off-kona-battery-bills?fbclid=IwAR2wpp7_xTgSZc9Racs8XZJbuoguHvGmnf7RPF1t7lYVTOGAAq29Rhqf8ec
Energy urgency I was surprised to read in Rebecca McCurdy’s article (Scotsman, November 5) that a coalition of environmental groups are urging Nicola Sturgeon to use her appearance at COP27 to act on reducing emissions in Scotland. Achieving net zero emissions in Scotland from the energy sector will not be Read more