Wind-farm developers are lobbying the UK government to give them more tax breaks in the fall budget, arguing that rising interest rates and supply-chain costs are putting the viability of some new projects in doubt. SSE Plc and Centrica Plc are among the builders asking the Treasury to offer larger Read more…
Scottish industry leaders laid out the challenges facing the industry from the rapid development of offshore wind farms and the pressures on the inshore sector in a ‘very constructive’ meeting last week with the minister responsible for both energy and inshore fisheries. The North East of Scotland Fisheries Development Partnership Read more…
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An energy storage plant in Fife has been brought into operation in a move that will help secure a £400,000 boost to revenues for the firm that developed it. Harmony Energy Income Trust announced that the Little Raith Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) site at Lochgelly has been “energised”. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23862164.raith-hull-sites-secure-400-000-boost-developer/?fbclid=IwAR1_qy5wILfcaVjsnBA1QZn-Bo1UOzADkS-Znjiqe1nfyqn5yBbdb_vrh9c
In a report on the UK’s net zero needs, the National Infrastructure Commission says there is “no public policy case” for hydrogen to be used to heat individual homes or other buildings. In its second National Infrastructure Assessment, a five-yearly review, the commission makes a series of recommendations to transform Read more…
Landmark funding to unlock renewables investment. Strategic investment to help create thousands of green jobs and deliver the full economic potential of offshore renewables projects is to be delivered over the next five years. Up to £500 million will leverage private investment in ports, manufacturing and assembly work to support Read more…
The site is on a large area of open moorland grazing located within the Kilpatrick Hills, northeast of Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire A proposed wind farm development comprising up to ten wind turbines of approximately 7 megawatts (MW) each, with a maximum blade tip height of up to 250m, and Battery Read more…
Sutherland green hydrogen scheme sparks fears among locals By Sandra Dick Journalist For a short spell in the mid-19th century, the rolling hills and gushing burns that cut through Strath Brora in Sutherland were tinged with golden promise. Having struck gold, the rush began: prospectors arrived from Australia and California, Read more…