The SIC’s new energy strategy has come out against largescale onshore windfarms. A draft version of the strategy has been published today (Monday) with members of the public invited to have their say. The 165-page document covers issues such as energy generation, infrastructure and use, along with considering the potential Read more
The Labour Party needs to find at least £8 billion ($10 billion) to deliver its green-investment plan, a new analysis shows, underscoring why UK opposition leader Keir Starmer may be mulling changes to the initiative. https://www.energyvoice.com/renewables-energy-transition/wind/uk-wind/546468/labour-would-need-8-billion-to-deliver-green-plan-within-rules/?fbclid=IwAR3GgriO13_Fkxy4aH1yhW56CGt7W-15E7Fz4f9pdlP02LKIDUmzjN6tnpE
Humza Yousaf recently hailed Scotland’s offshore wind sector as “pivotal” for the nation’s future, but industry insiders say that the government is not moving quickly enough to capture the multibillion-pound prize on offer. Last year the Scottish government pledged to halve the time it took to get projects through the Read more
For people in the offshore wind sector, Scotland is – to borrow from the title of Billy Connolly’s autobiography – “windswept and interesting”. The North Sea is one of the windiest places on earth and, two years on from the award of licences to build an armada of offshore wind Read more
SAFETY concerns have been raised about above average radiation levels at a proposed wind farm development site in Aberdeenshire. Renewable energy company RES are seeking to erect 16 onshore wind turbines on the Hill of Fare, with a planning application already submitted to Scottish Government ministers https://www.thenational.scot/news/24075437.concern-high-radiation-levels-proposed-aberdeenshire-wind-farm/?fbclid=IwAR2e9Ezev-C5z1vPmkl2bobDR-bZZ3l8gVrq06IYPE6zT9lpdfTxiWxBMGA
Campaign group Net Zero Watch has revealed that four major institutions have produced erroneous estimates of the cost of decarbonising the economy. Last weekend, the Sunday Telegraph revealed that the Committee on Climate Change had seriously underestimated the amount of electricity storage required for Net Zero, because it had not Read more
There will be a meeting at Johnstone bridge on the19 th February……for people within 2 Kms of the site. Why 2 Kms? People in Boreland will still be able to see them They confirmed they are holding an exhibition preview on 19th February at Lockerbie Ice Rink for those living Read more
The German boss of Britain’s biggest wind turbine maker has warned energy bills will have to keep rising to pay for the green transition as he attacked “fairytale” thinking about net zero. Joe Kaeser, chairman of Siemens Energy, suggested higher energy bills were inevitable as turbine makers grapple with huge Read more