The UK’s largest wind farm developer has ruled out building new onshore wind farms in England and Wales in a blow to the Government’s net zero plans. Alistair Phillips-Davies, chief executive of SSE, said his company was “unlikely to build a single wind farm” in England or Wales despite the Read more
Dr John Constable, energy editor of Net Zero Watch, said: “The CfD auction results are symptomatic of a wider failure of wind power around the world. The industry is in a crisis from which it is unlikely to recover, because its costs are simply too high to be sustainable. The Read more
Advocates for increasing Britain’s reliance on wind power often claim that, on top of its green benefits, it will reduce prices and boost energy security. Massive planned increases in capacity are thus described as an undeniable win-win, with the arguments of critics ignored. But a debate over the virtues of Read more
At the last meeting of the DPEA Stakeholders’ Forum of which SAS is a member, the DPEA was asked to provide case details where Ministers, in making the final decision in a case, had gone against the reporters’ recommendation. List attached below for info. The attached covers decisions made since Read more
No new offshore windfarms will go ahead in the UK after the latest government auction, in what critics have called the biggest clean energy policy failure in almost a decade. Britain’s offshore wind industry suffered a blow after ministers failed to heed warnings from some of the world’s biggest renewable Read more
More than 1480MW of onshore wind capacity has been awarded in the UK’s Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 5. A total of 24 wind farms were awarded government support contracts at a strike price of £52.29 per megawatt-hour. The administrative price set for onshore wind in AR5 was £53/MWh. All Read more
The Scottish Government is being asked to step in for a fourth time over plans for a windfarm in the Glenkens. Energiekontor UK has been keen to develop a site at Cornharrow near Dalry for several years and already has planning permission for seven turbines. Now it wants the maximum Read more
You’ll remember SAS posted this article last week? The Conservative Woman publication picked up on it from our website. Some great comments on the article already. Please add yours! “A N Other (pseudonym) is a friend of Scotland Against Spin , an independent alliance campaigning for the reform of the Read more