Industry minister says that because electricity consumption has fallen 15%, the RET must be reduced by the same amount http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/26/ian-macfarlane-coalition-is-sticking-to-reduction-in-renewable-energy-target
Fossil fuel is still required to manage and maintain wind farm equipment http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/11186511/The-hidden-costs-of-relying-on-wind-power.html
Shadowy pro-green lobbyists working at every level of the Establishment Organisations are channelling tens of millions of pounds into green policies Elite lobby group linked to Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the WWF Current energy policies shaped by the Green Blob will cost up to £400billion If continued, there Read more
Residents have hit out at the developers of the proposed five-turbine Helensburgh wind farm – after they didn’t receive a survey sent out to all home owners via Royal Mail asking their opinions on the development. Alexander Clark and Susan Miskelly both contacted the Advertiser after reading in last week’s Read more
One of the largest banks in the world is set to invest in community-run renewable energy projects after being hugely impressed with a wind farm in the Western Isles. http://news.stv.tv/scotland/297040-santander-to-invest-in-stornoway-community-run-renewables-project/
A High Court judge today imposed a 3 mph speed limit on vehicles operating on a mountain wind farm project in a bid to stop sheep being scared. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/judge-imposes-three-miles-per-hour-speed-limit-on-wind-farm-to-stop-sheep-being-scared-30689963.html
EUROPEAN leaders have agreed to cut, by 2030, greenhouse-gas emissions in the 28-nation bloc to at least 40 per cent below 1990 levels. The deal is aimed at countering climate change and setting an example for the rest of the world ahead of key international climate negotiations next year. A Read more
TIDAL-POWER company Atlantis Resources has raised £5 million, which will partly fund its involvement in the MeyGen tidal-stream renewable-energy project in the Pentland Firth. The AIM-listed firm said it raised the sum, which excludes expenses, by conditionally placing 12.5 million new ordinary shares at 40p each. They will represent about Read more