A different way to do our energy Alan Carmichael (April 19) refers to Scotland’s wind energy possibly becoming the “Saudi Arabia” of renewables. He is obviously a victim of SNP spin and unaware that Saudi Arabia will produce abundant energy from solar at a quarter of the cost of wind. Read more…
Plans for an extension to a proposed wind farm near New Cumnock have been recommended for approval by East Ayrshire Council. The plans, submitted by Bank Renewables, would see an additional 10 wind turbines proposed for a site close to the previously consented Lethans wind farm. The proposed development consists Read more…
This is unlikely to happen, thankfully. Please add a comment on the BBC webpage if you can. Future planning decisions about large onshore wind farms should be taken out of the hands of local authorities in England and Wales, government advisors have said. Instead, big onshore wind projects should Read more…
We received a reply from the Scottish Government to our Petition to the Scottish Parliament today to which we will be making a response. They have agreed to undertake work “to explore the benefits and disadvantages of altering the 50MW threshold, and explore the scope for planning authorities to determine Read more…
Scottish Borders Council has decided not to object to a wind farm it first opposed nine years ago The project would see 12 turbines built at Cloich Forest near Eddleston A report said changes to national planning guidance meant the benefits outweighed the negatives of the scheme https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czk8kzle2d2o
Energy secrecy The article by Michael Sturrock on independence (Scotsman, 17 April) contained not a single reference to the cost of implementing a Just Transition in Scotland by 2045. The Climate Emergency Review Group paper estimated the cost of a Green Revolution at £150 billion, the price of fitting Read more…
The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), together with the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently published their 2022 report on “Disaster in Numbers”. On its front cover, the report deceptively suggests that the 387 reported disasters, the Read more…
Community Windpower is calling on the UK government to urgently engage with the renewables industry to avoid legal action linked to its Electricity Generator Levy (EGL). The EGL, designed to target “extraordinary profits”, applies to revenue above a threshold of £75/MWh despite the “breakeven” rate for a new onshore wind project Read more…