If the oceans have eaten the heat, then it certainly isn’t to be found in the Arctic Ocean – that’s for sure! – See more at: http://notrickszone.com/#sthash.LxM6MvZ0.dpuf http://notrickszone.com/
The wind industry trade association RenewableUK has published detailed new scientific research on wind energy acoustics. http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/press-releases.cfm/renewableuk-publishes-new-research-on-wind-energy-acoustics
Only 15 of 521 sites have a noise problem caused by turbine blades stalling when wind speed drops – and software can fix it http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/16/turbine-noise-windfarm
Hundreds of jobs at a solar panel factory are set to be lost after electronics firm Sharp announced plans to cease production at its facility in Wales. http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/12/hundreds-jobs-go-sharp-axes-uk-solar-panel-plant/
Last week, the EU missed an opportunity to end the most wasteful green programme of our time – one which costs billions of pounds annually and causes at least 30 million people to go hungry every year. By failing to agree a cap on the use of biofuels, the Council Read more
New EU laws could kill off investment in fracking at a “critical and early stage”, David Cameron warned Brussels in an attempt to protect British industry from red tape. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/naturalresources/article3951158.ece
You can access the research project, together with a model planning condition and various summaries at http://www.renewableuk.com/en/publications/index.cfm.
Scotland can’t afford to be left behind in the fracking revolution, Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser says. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/msp-says-scotland-must-move-now-over-shale-gas-1.165867