Face facts on renewables I NOTE your report on the claims of so-called climate campaigners (“Appeal to halt £20bn funding for carbon capture technology with ‘legacy of failure’”, March 12). This is a pompous fallacy. Is it possible that our people are so deluded by climate change propaganda that Read more
A FIRM looking to build a wind farm in Peeblesshire says it is confident its plans won’t be grounded despite opposition from Edinburgh Airport. Fred. Olsen Renewables has asked the Scottish Government for permission to put eight turbines on the Holylee Estate, around four kilometres north of Walkerburn. Interested parties Read more
Republican congressmen called Thursday for a halt to all offshore wind power projects amid a spate of whale deaths on the U.S. East Coast in what was likely the beginning of an expected investigation by the GOP-controlled House into the Biden administration’s clean energy plans. https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-congressmen-halt-offshore-wind-212439590.html
SWEDISH MINISTER of Energy and Climate, Romina Pourmokthari says: Sweden has not had a stable and robust el-system (Sweden has c. 4400 wind turbines onshore), and in order to achieve that it is necessary that the energy supply is foreseeable. That is not achievable with energy forms such as wind Read more
Blown away Dr Richard Dixon finishes his anti-nuclear rant by describing nuclear as “repeatedly failing to deliver” (15 March). Yet nuclear and gas consistently provide 58 per cent of our energy, while – if the wind blows – windmills can produce 29 per cent, but nearly nothing when it is Read more
Jeremy Hunt closes loophole that allowed turbine owners to benefit from surging prices Wind farms will be prevented from keeping excessive profits after an overhaul of subsidy rules designed to hold down bills. Ministers have closed a loophole that allowed turbine operators to take advantage of surging electricity prices Read more
With just two months to go until All-Energy 2023 in Glasgow – the UK’s largest energy and renewables event – Alex Irwin, Property and Infrastructure Associate at Shepherd and Wedderburn examines one of the key areas of this year’s conference: onshore wind power https://www.heraldscotland.com/…/23390825.energise…/
Incompetence on offshore wind ALAN Carmichael (Letters, March 15) challenges Douglas Cowe to “advance a credible case for continuing to entrust our abundance of assets to Westminster”. Well, the case is perhaps made by looking at our track record of managing those assets which are under our control. Has Mr Read more