Utility SSE Renewables has scrapped a proposed electrolyser project at the subsidy-free Gordonbush onshore wind farm in Scotland, after failing to secure government payments for green hydrogen production. SSE had been one of the losers in the UK government’s first “hydrogen allocation round” (HAR1) for subsidies per kilogram of H2 Read more…
Further to our Call for Action we have received some further information from the Scottish Government. As you know, our Petition to the Scottish Parliament calls on them to urge the Scottish Government to adopt English planning legislation for the determination of onshore wind farm developments (which would allow all Read more…
“”The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has vowed to “get tough” on local people who oppose onshore wind turbines, while Labour’s goal to decarbonise the grid by 2030 relies on projects being connected swiftly. The government hopes to hit the same target by 2035. Tom Burke, the chair of the E3G Read more…
Scottish Daily Mail By Claire Elliot HOMEOWNERS along the route of a 70-mile ‘monster’ pylon scheme could see the value of their property slump by up to 30 per cent, experts have warned. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) want to create an overhead power line stretching from the Read more…