By Tim Pauling Alex Salmond warned of blackouts this winter when he was challenged to back a freeze in energy bills. The first minister said the energy regulator Ofgem had shown him some “extremely frightening” figures highlighting a lack of supply and the danger of “exponential” prices rises. Scottish Labour Read more
by David Hepburn Air traffic control chiefs have taken the wind out of an application to build a wind turbine – after raising concerns about air safety. A company called Intelligent Land Investments had applied to East Dunbartonshire Council to build one of the energy generating structures at Badenheath Farm, Read more
Protest at Perth Special SAS newsletter Oct 2013
GERMANY: Several onshore wind turbine fires in Germany in recent months have triggered media interest, with even financial newspaper Handelsblatt reporting a single turbine fire in Saxony Anhalt. http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1218982/german-media-focus-turbine-fires
Dangers of shale gas extraction mainly come from operational failure not emissions, according to Public Health England http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/31/fracking-emissions-low-health-risk-shale-gas
Lord Donoughue: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) the likelihood and timing of any future phase of global cooling, and (2) the potential impact on the United Kingdom and global economies of any future extensive glaciation; and what precautionary plans they have to limit Read more
PLANS to build a wind farm on the hills above Dumbarton and the Vale have been refused. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/dumbarton/articles/2013/10/31/476823-lomond-energy-wind-farm-plans-suffer-a-big-blow/
MPs fear a 60-turbine offshore windfarm in the Solway Firth could be “expanded by stealth” http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.1095219