Indefensible The proposal to remove gas boilers from domestic heating is simply indefensible. We have already been warned our electricity supply will struggle to meet demand next winter, with the particular threat of still air from a high pressure system rendering wind farms redundant. Gas is a clean, efficient Read more
WIND turbines could become the “dominant feature” of the Ochil Hills if a new development is given the green light, it has been argued. Concerns have been raised over proposals to install more wind turbines in the Ochils a few kilometres up from Alva. With a blade length of up Read more
Britain has started burning coal to generate electricity for the first time in a month and a half, after the heatwave made solar panels too hot to work efficiently. One unit at Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power plant in Nottinghamshirestarted producing electricity for the first time in weeks on Monday morning, Read more
A wind farm which will help power the production of Irn-Bru has been officially opened. A total of 22GWh per year from the South Kyle site will go to AG Barr facilities – including its factory in Cumbernauld. The company signed a contract in 2020 with developer Vattenfall for 100% Read more
Scottish Borders Council’s planning section has received an application for the erection of wind turbines up to 149.9m to tip, two permanent switchgear housing units, a temporary access track, underground cabling and temporary crane on land north of Wedderlie House in Gordon. HES was consulted over the plans and has Read more
National Grid has asked for a coal power station to be warmed up as a heatwave is expected to boost demand for air conditioning across Britain. The balance between supply and demand is tight after a fault at an interconnector between Britain and Norway, which has halved normal capacity from Read more
Last year, the Biden administration set an ambitious new goal for the USA: to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by the year 2030, increasing US offshore capacity more than seven hundred times over. The UK already has 15 GW of offshore wind, more than 300 times as Read more
Lithium problem It was a refreshing change to read Dr Richard Dixon’s acknowledgement in his article “Material results of greener industry” that the grass is not necessarily always greener on the other side of the climate change fence (Scotsman, 7 June). However, it is surprising that it took a Read more