The spreadsheet below sets out progress on renewables between 2013 and 2023. The columns indicate the following. As the data began in March 2013 an assessment of the annual position is made for March. A. Date when data published – the data gives the position 3 months earlier. B. Read more…
No rural benefit Tom Ballantine (letter of March 2) made the claim that “the wider costs and benefits of the higher charges arising from the use of wind farms in place of cheaper fossil fuels for generating electricity” were ignored by those in rural Scotland. Once more this highlights Read more…
NEW figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal that the estimated number of jobs created in the low carbon and renewable sectors in Scotland contracted over the last year. Overall, low carbon and renewable energy employment was estimated to stand at 25,700 in 2022: substantially down from Read more…