Scotland’s wind farms are getting £19,000 in subsidies every hour, according to latest figures. Since power subsidies were introduced in 2002, developers have been given £1.84billion, with household energy bills soaring to pay for it. The figure i ncludes grossly inflated payments for energy fed into the National Grid, while Read more
THE United Kingdom would have the government of an independent Scotland “over a barrel” on renewable energy, a senior Coalition source has insisted. Up until now, Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has insisted the UK would have to rely on Scottish renewables to not only meets its green targets but Read more
For a site symbolising a future that will either poison our countryside or bring us unlimited amounts of cheap, pollution-free energy, Elswick is a distinctly underwhelming destination for a visit. The gas-power station, owned by the UK drilling company Cuadrilla, lies in the Fylde area of Lancashire and consists of Read more
ELECTRICITY giants SSE and ScottishPower are at loggerheads with their southern rivals over efforts to further delay reforms to a transmission charging system that penalises power generation north of the Border. Amid thinly veiled threats that green energy projects will be postponed or cancelled if the reforms are held up Read more
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing today announced the establishment of an Expert Commission on Energy Regulation in an independent Scotland. The Commission will be chaired by Robert Armour OBE, an energy lawyer working in the power sector in Scotland for the last 30 years, and will include a broad membership from Read more
GEORGE Osborne, the Chancellor, said that in 2015-16 up to £5.3 billion, raised through a levy on people’s energy bills, would go to support low-carbon energy projects. So there you have it, despite the renewables propaganda machines and the developers pleading poverty, our energy bills are loaded with renewables subsidies. Read more
ELECTRICITY giants SSE and ScottishPower are at loggerheads with their southern rivals over efforts to further delay reforms to a transmission charging system that penalises power generation north of the Border. Amid thinly veiled threats that green energy projects will be postponed or cancelled if the reforms are held up Read more
Simon Bain Business Correspondent/Personal Finance Editor When Sutherland crofters were asked to support a wind farm on land they had an interest in more than 10 years ago, Tom Robinson decided to get behind the project. It led to him becoming a director of the Kilbraur Co-operative and buying shares. Read more