Ofgem has imposed a hefty £9.78m penalty on SSE Generation for securing excessive payments from the UK’s electricity system operator, which was in breach of its licence and raised costs for customers. SSE Generation are expected to pay the sum in full by Tuesday 5 September. The watchdog confirmed the Read more
Offshore wind projects are facing an economic crisis that erased billions of US dollars in planned spending this week — just as the world needs clean energy more than ever. A unit of Spain’s Iberdrola SA agreed to cancel a contract to sell power from a planned wind farm off Read more
Fossil fuels plea The Labour leadership’s anger at the hated Ultra Low Emission Zone factor costing them the Uxbridge seat is understandable. The eyes of the people are opening. But it does not end there. The total absurdity of the masochistic ‘’net zero’’ target could not be illustrated better Read more
This week’s wind turbine appeal stats https://www.gov.scot/…/wind-turbine-appeal-decisions…/ Analysis of s36 applications can be found here https://brodies.com/…/section-36-wind-farm-decisions…/ More s36 stats are available in the Resources section of our website https://scotlandagainstspin.org/media-resource/
DRY and still weather which was said to be “well below the long-term average” has been highlighted by SSE, as renewables output at the Perth energy giant plunged in the first quarter. But profit expectations for the company, which is investing billions of pounds in onshore and offshore renewable infrastructure Read more
Separatists are going to great lengths to present Scotland as a renewable energy superpower – felling millions of trees in the process The outcry over the Scottish executive’s admission that 15.7 million trees have been felled on publicly owned land since 2000 to make way for wind turbines has been Read more
By Stephen Norris Galloway Without Pylons co-ordinator Paul Swift says part of SP Energy Networks’ closing submission “must be challenged in fact” The company behind a controversial Stewartry pylon project has been accused of making a false statement to the public inquiry into the scheme. The Scottish Government has vetoed Read more
GreenPower is progressing a planning application for a sister wind project, up to 66MW, to its existing Carraig Gheal wind farm in Argyll, Scotland. A planning application will be submitted for Barachander in early 2024 following public and statutory consultation, alongside detailed environmental assessment. GreenPower has submitted a scoping report Read more