“The answer is blowin’ in the wind,” beneath a turbine in a desolate field. Labour’s Shadow Secretary for Energy and Net Zero posted the video online earlier this year from near Mansfield as part of his “tour around wind farms”. The UK’s legal obligation is to achieve net zero by Read more
The claim by Sir Keith Starmer that “the transition to clean British energy means cheaper bills for every family” is incorrect as the Labour leader, just like Leah Gunn Barrett (Letters, 11 October) fails to recognise that, in historic terms, electricity has always been three times more expensive than gas. Read more
Reply to Aileen’s letter of 9 October.
Renewables are still just meeting increased demand for electricity rather than replacing fossil fuels, according to DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook The report finds that between 2017-2022 fossil fuels met 51% of new energy demand, despite a rapid buildout of renewable capacity. Solar installations reached a record 250GW in 2022, according Read more
OFFSHORE projects in the UK are facing barriers due to the strict new immigration rules from the Home Office, a lawyer at a top international legal firm has warned. The Tory government’s “extremely complex” visa rules risk putting further strain on the offshore wind sector, increasing project budgets and even Read more
When it’s easy to back turbines I FEEL compelled to respond to Elspeth Russell (Letters, October 5). There are no wind farms in “urban” areas. There are some small, single turbines or pairs of turbines on industrial sites or courses. Even the single turbine situated near to Castlemilk on the Read more
The government has previously looked into cutting bills in return for wind farms. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12608983/onshore-wind-farms-request-new-GP-nursery-exchange-plans-considered-ministers.html?fbclid=IwAR2AEMP84JGSNgtbAgZAVqa2j9sODjF0EBfXdvFNr2ZAgpfuQz_rruThbyg
Green fascism in action HUGH Noble (Letters, April 6) criticises the Prime Minister for his pro-growth agenda, which he claims is incompatible with net zero. Furthermore, he says that “to hold an anti-green position is a pro-human extermination position”. This is climate alarmism of the worst kind. I am Read more