Britain imported a record amount of electricity from Europe last year as solar and wind farms struggled to generate sufficient energy in the wake of coal and nuclear power plant closures. The UK forked out £3.5bn on electricity from France, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands last year, accounting for 12pc Read more
When will we realise it’s madness to rely on wind? ONCE again, for almost all of this past week, renewables have been failing us and the UK and Scotland on several days were heavily importing electricity to keep the lights on and infrastructure running. At breakfast this morning (08.20, January Read more
A Galloway community council is at the centre of conflict of interest claims over its stance regarding two wind turbine developments proposed within its area. Cree Valley has placed on record its strong criticisms over plans for 40 turbines up to 820 feet high on moorland sites north of Minnigaff Read more
The situation on the Texas power grid this week is going to be a crucial test not just for the grid’s managers at ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas), but also for natural gas suppliers and generators. As weather conditions continued to evolve and deteriorate across the state, ERCOT has Read more
he company behind plans for a super-size windfarm in western Kirkcudbrightshire has responded to criticisms of the scheme by a statutory consultee. Cree Valley Community Council has placed on record its concerns about RES’ proposed 22-turbine development to inform a scoping opinion requested by the developers of the project, which Read more
The Hill of Fare application is coming into its last fortnight for the public to make their views known. As in all of these applications anyone can object if they have a reason – distant visitors, family distress, retirement ambitions, onshore wind farms never paying back their carbon consumption if Read more
Plans have been lodged for a new wind farm near Sanquhar. Koehler Renewable Energy (KRE) has submitted its proposals to Dumfries and Galloway Council for a six-turbine wind farm on the Barr Moor. The Rowancraig development is located on the eastern slope of Black Hill, approximately 4km west of Sanquhar. Read more
Heated debate The SNP Energy Plan indicates a capacity of 85GW of generation plant on the Scottish grid by 2035. However, Jim Stamper (Letters, 15 January) did not note that, in summer, demand will drop to less than 10GW, so around 75GW of capacity will sit idle, accruing Constraint Read more