Pricey experiment Alistair Carmichael’s article “The £1bn bill to stop turbines turning is scandalous waste,”(Perspective, 30 August) raises the issue of constraint payments to energy companies. The pricing of energy has become very complex and these prices are dominated by the price of gas, which the UK government linked Read more…
POWER station operator Drax has agreed to pay a £25 million penalty after the energy watchdog found it failed to report accurate data on the sourcing of wood pellets it burned at its North Yorkshire plant. Ofgem carried out a 15-month investigation into the company over data that profiled the Read more…
Please remember to read our article on wind farm polls which shows how they get these results! https://scotlandagainstspin.org/2022/04/the-sham-of-those-pro-windfarm-polls-the-conservative-woman/ There is enthusiastic support across Scotland for building the transmission infrastructure the UK requires to reach net zero, according to new polling released today by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce. The Read more…
Calls for climate policy debate will only grow as economic reality bites ever harder, writes Paul Wilson Some adherents will continue to insist, with straight faces, that renewables are somehow cheaper than the alternatives. And the argument will, of course, still be made that the human race faces certain oblivion Read more…
ENERGY giants at SSE have announced the completion of what is expected to be the most productive onshore wind farm in the UK – along with a 160-mile long subsea link to take power generated on its island home to the mainland. The two projects on the Shetland Islands, which Read more…
Stewartry residents can have their say on a huge renewables project near Laurieston at three public consultations next week. Drop–in events to view and discuss the proposed Lairdmannoch Energy Park will be held at Laurieston, Twynholm and Ringford on September 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Developers Wind2 are bringing forward Read more…
Excellent article from Mark Hodgson! Speaking Truth to Power
Councillors are being recommended to raise objections with Scottish Ministers over an application for adding another eight turbines to the Harestanes Windfarm at Ae Forest. They would be sited in front of the landmark summit of Queensberry and in the view of officials would impact adversely on the setting of Read more…