Gordon Currie A COMPANY working on one of Scotland’s largest wind farm projects has been fined £32,000 after a worker lost a leg in a horrific accident. The sub-contractor admitted a catalogue of failures which led to the accident which left Gregor Steele, 20, needing surgery to have his leg Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent MINISTERS have called in a community’s plans to build two wind turbines on a Scottish island after the Ministry of Defence said it was concerned the development might interfere with its radars. Islanders on North Uist are behind the plans for the 1.8MW project in Clachan, Read more
Scottish energy giant SSE today sounded a ‘vote of confidence’ for Peterhead Power Station giving the go-ahead to £15 million upgrade works. http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/12/sse-gives-15-million-peterhead-upgrade-go-ahead/
French law lays out an obligation for energy suppliers to purchase electricity at a feed-in-tariff above the market rate. This extra cost to the supplier is then fully passed on to the energy consumer. http://www.windpoweroffshore.com/article/1225645/french-offshore-tariff-ruled-illegal
A company working on one of Scotland’s largest wind farm projects has been fined £32,000 after a worker lost a leg in an accident. http://news.stv.tv/scotland/257635-gallagher-groundworks-ltd-fined-after-gregor-steele-loses-leg-in-accident/
A NATURE charity has stepped up its opposition to a huge new wind farm earmarked near Strathy by highlighting the threat it claims the venture would have on one of the area’s rare but not popularly highlighted birds. http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/News/Rare-bird-prompts-RSPB-to-step-up-objections-20122013.htm
Scotland has accused the UK government of being “hell-bent on ploughing billions of pounds” into nuclear power stations but restricting support for renewables, after three of its offshore wind farms were left off a list for fast-tracked funding yesterday. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2320193/scottish-minister-accuses-uk-of-choosing-nukes-over-wind
Up to £110 billion of private sector investment in the electricity sector is set to be unlocked with the publication of the Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-energy-reforms-to-support-250000-jobs-keep-bills-down-and-produce-cleaner-energy