Power generated by 86GW of offshore turbines will be carried from Scotland — with the risk of hundreds more pylons Britain’s power network will need £60 billion investment in new offshore wind farms if it is to hit the government’s target to decarbonise the electricity system by 2035. National Grid, Read more…
Carbon baiting I certainly agree with Steuart Campbell (Letters, 13 March) that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, but to claim that it has no practical value is truly astounding. It is, in fact, the stuff of life. Below 150ppm (parts per million) in the atmosphere, plants would not Read more…
OPPONENTS of a proposed windfarm in the Lammermuir Hills have described it as “the wrong development in the wrong place”. More than 100 people attended a meeting in Gifford Village Hall last Wednesday highlighting the proposals for Newlands Hill, to the south-east of the village. Fifteen turbines with a maximum Read more…
News that the total number of offshore wind jobs in Scotland fell from 29,700 to 25,700 in the past year while profits have risen from almost £9 billion to £13bn are another nail in the coffin of the SNP-Greens’ “just transition”. They must find a way to tax these Read more…
Cooking by gas UK ENERGY Secretary Claire Coutinho has revealed plans for a new generation of gas-fired power stations south of the Border to make sure the lights stay on. Sense at last. Germany will spend €16 billion building four major electricity plants using natural gas, the same gas Read more…
We pay lip service to the importance of energy in our lives, but do we really understand just how all-pervasive that influence really is and how dependent we are on fuels of high physical quality to deliver rich and free societies? In a new short film written for Net Zero Read more…
The developer behind a flagship £16bn cable that will link Moroccan solar and wind farms to British homes has threatened to instead send electricity to Germany. Planning documents published on the European transmission system operator’s website show that Xlinks, the company behind the project, has floated Germany as another end Read more…
Land At Garcrogo Hill And Barmark Hill , Corsock, DG7 – Appeal Dismissed! Erection Of 7 Wind Turbines (Up To 180 Metres From Base To Blade Tip), Installation Of Transformers, Formation Of Hardstanding Areas And Access Tracks, Formation Of New Watercourse Crossings, Formation Of Borrow Pits And Temporary Construction Compound, Read more…