Neilston turbine lights- from 1 km
This is a picture of the safeguarding lights at Neilston Wind farm in East Renfrewshire taken from a bedroom window at 1km.
Sunak signals he could abandon green policies – Guardian
Rishi Sunak has signalled the government could delay or even abandon green policies that impose a direct cost on consumers, as he comes under pressure from the Conservative right to create a dividing line with Labour at the next election. The prime minister said the drive to reach the UK’s Read more
Rivox Wind Energy Hub – Application
Rivox Wind Energy Hub is located wholly within the Dumfries and Galloway Council (DGC) administrative area, within the Beattock Composite and covers an area of circa 3115 hectares (ha), approximately 5 km west of Moffat The construction and operation of a new Wind Farm (Rivox Wind Farm) comprising up to Read more
Ofgem hits SSE with £9.78m fine after securing ‘excessive’ payments which raised costs for customers – City AM
Ofgem has imposed a hefty £9.78m penalty on SSE Generation for securing excessive payments from the UK’s electricity system operator, which was in breach of its licence and raised costs for customers. SSE Generation are expected to pay the sum in full by Tuesday 5 September. The watchdog confirmed the Read more
World’s biggest wind power projects are in crisis – Energy Voice
Offshore wind projects are facing an economic crisis that erased billions of US dollars in planned spending this week — just as the world needs clean energy more than ever. A unit of Spain’s Iberdrola SA agreed to cancel a contract to sell power from a planned wind farm off Read more
Scotsman letters
Fossil fuels plea The Labour leadership’s anger at the hated Ultra Low Emission Zone factor costing them the Uxbridge seat is understandable. The eyes of the people are opening. But it does not end there. The total absurdity of the masochistic ‘’net zero’’ target could not be illustrated better Read more
Statistics
This week’s wind turbine appeal stats https://www.gov.scot/…/wind-turbine-appeal-decisions…/ Analysis of s36 applications can be found here https://brodies.com/…/section-36-wind-farm-decisions…/ More s36 stats are available in the Resources section of our website https://scotlandagainstspin.org/media-resource/
Benign weather hits output at energy giant – Herald
DRY and still weather which was said to be “well below the long-term average” has been highlighted by SSE, as renewables output at the Perth energy giant plunged in the first quarter. But profit expectations for the company, which is investing billions of pounds in onshore and offshore renewable infrastructure Read more