Mark Williamson Group Business Correspondent INFINIS Energy, chaired by former SSE boss Ian Marchant, has said it will proceed with plans to build a big wind farm in Argyll after securing £52m development funding. The renewable energy specialist has arranged facilities with Royal Bank of Scotland and National Australia Bank Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent Highland councillors need to find up to £130 million to build a new route around two-and-a-half miles of road that have been prone to rockfalls for the past 40 years. The A890 Stromeferry bypass, which runs along the south side of Loch Carron, is a Highland Read more
East Lothian Council has joined Scottish Borders Council in opposing a 27 turbine extension to Aikengall wind farm which straddles the border between the two authorities. Dunbar councillor Michael Veitch said after last week’s council meeting: “It is a matter of enormous regret that an application for yet another large Read more
Dermot Nolan, the boss of energy regulator Ofgem has admitted he would “very much prefer” if the UK’s network firms were not “monopolies”. http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/11/05/ofgem-boss-would-prefer-network-firms-werent-monopolies/
Councillors ended hopes of a 12-turbine wind farm being erected on top of Mormond Hill yesterday after backing the local authority’s planners recommendation to refuse the application. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/68187/councillors-refuse-mormond-hill-wind-turbine-application/
Northampton-headquartered energy company Infinis has secured a £52m facility to fund a wind farm project in Scotland. http://www.insidermedia.com/insider/midlands/127131-infinis-secures-52m-scottish-wind-farm
I NOTE with interest your article which quoted Lang Banks of the WWF praising renewable electricity generation in Scotland from wind and solar sources, using statistics that they produced power in October “equivalent” to the requirement of more than three million homes, while ignoring all the other demands on power Read more
TRUST in energy suppliers in the UK has risen in recent months, with more people believing their power company to be transparent and fair, a survey by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) suggests. Worries about energy bills are at their lowest since the survey, conducted every three Read more