The widespread use of wind and solar energy poses a serious risk to the UK’s energy security and could undermine the reliability of the country’s energy supply, according to a new report from the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). http://www.cityam.com/blog/1401792051/renewables-not-fossil-fuels-are-threat-energy-security-says-new-report
Greig Cameron Deputy Business Editor BT is planning to buy £300 million of renewable energy from a wind farm in the Scottish Borders. The company said it will take half the electricity the 48-turbine Fallago Rig site in the Lammermuir Hills generates over the next 20 years. That will allow Read more
EY survey highlights damage inflicted by Government on onshore wind industry investment/RenewableUK http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/renewableuk-news.cfm/2014-06-02-renewableuk-ey-survey-highlights-damage-inflicted-by-government-on-onshore-wind-industry
Scotland’s renewable energy industry will today call for governments at Holyrood and Westminster to join forces to help unlock a £1 billion pipeline of investment in pumped storage hydro-electricity. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/business/news/perth-conference-to-demand-support-for-pumped-storage-hydro-electricity-1.402427
London, 2 June: A new paper published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation warns that intermittent wind and solar energy pose a serious energy security risk and threaten to undermine the reliability of UK electricity generation. http://www.thegwpf.org/renewable-energy-poses-security-risk-new-paper-warns/
UK Government proposals to award special status to onshore wind projects on Scottish islands could remove a significant barrier to investment in new projects and pave the way for development there, according to renewable energy experts. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/06/islands-windfarms-get-special-treatment/
Tributes have been paid to the chairman of the Mackie’s ice cream company, who has died after a short illness. Dr Maitland Mackie, who was the owner of the family-run firm, was rector of Aberdeen University and a former vice president of the National Farmers Union in Scotland. He was Read more
Colin Donald Business Editor, Sunday Herald After the earthquake, the reckoning. Following the “peasants revolt” across Europe, policy-makers are calculating the cost of the infusion of populist and nationalist parties into the corridors of Brussels, and wondering how much harder it will make the task of stabilising the eurozone crisis, Read more