A MARINE services business is hoping to capitalise on the growing offshore wind energy industry as it opens its first office in Scotland. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/gms-targets-wind-energy-growth.22528340
A campaign group has been formed to battle plans for a windfarm on part of Dava Moor. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3445520
A wind turbine has collapsed in strong winds which swept across Devon on Saturday night. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-24691465
Charity warns of death toll as heating bills soar Britons woefully ill-informed about risks of cold weather Freezing temperatures can bring on heart attacks and respiratory problems http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2478114/Fuel-poverty-Britain-24k-die-winter-rising-energy-prices.html
A large majority of consumers oppose green levies on household energy bills and support the Prime Minister’s plans to “roll them back”, according to a new poll. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/energy-poll-majority-oppose-green-levies-022726117.html
As Britons buckle under the pressure of soaring energy bills, The Independent on Sunday can reveal the energy companies that are saving millions by exploiting a legal tax loophole. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/exclusive-the-other-energy-scandal–power-giants-use-loophole-to-cut-their-own-tax-bills-8906447.html
SEVERAL groups in East Renfrewshire have benefited from a windfall – literally http://www.glasgowsouthandeastwoodextra.co.uk/news/local-headlines/whitelee-wind-farm-fund-spreads-the-cash-1-3155349
A major part of Germany’s SPD socialist party, which is Germany’s second largest party behind Angela Merkel’s CDU conservative party, is coming to its economic and social senses on the issues climate change and renewable energy. The threat of social unrest and lack of warming are gradually changing minds. – Read more