A planning application to build a nine-turbine wind farm near a Ross-shire village has been met with an objection from the Highland Council. The local authority has lodged its opposition to the proposed Carn Fearna wind farm, to be situated near Garve. A letter detailing the local authority’s response notes Read more
Slowing the pace of net zero could save the British economy £350bn, an official report has concluded. A new analysis published by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) said that aiming for an 80pc reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, rather than the current “net zero” target, could save £14bn Read more
The First Minister was accused of producing a ‘fact-free’ document through his insistence that Scotland would produce so much renewable energy that bills would be cheaper if the UK was broken up. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/john-swinney-humiliated-energy-bills-36375509?fbclid=IwY2xjawOmGgNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETA0QjExV0ZZSkxCY0pienNxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrkcvpWz-2o9TL6akPU-ILs0aIYvCtf31q0qVtk7sqFNaDZ2gsbF5xbz_ySS_aem_I3aSIIjLIGICYLnlWAaERA
In their announcement today on prioritising the grid queue, NESO, the National Energy System Operator, announced a moratorium on battery storage. https://aprs.scot/news/neso-issues-a-moratorium-on-battery-storage/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOor_9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEey_fF0U3R1Z2O4XniQE9ccGFLLsj0XrtDjbiIhSvje44oND0DhdzamBloMbA_aem_qXIWO-TFdz3kBTyQ7gWsuQ
First Minister John Swinney will take inspiration from one of the SNP’s most famous political slogans when he launches a new campaign aimed at convincing Scots that independence will reduce their electricity bills by a third. The First Minister will use a speech in Glasgow today to declare “It’s Scotland’s Read more
IT was presented as an information event to update Highland residents on imminent work on an 80km underground renewable energy transmission line from Dundonnell passing near the village of Contin to Fanellan in the Beauly area. But it turned into one in which audience members bombarded the project organiser with Read more
THERE HAS been “an exceptionally high” public interest in the proposed development of the Giant’s Burn Wind Farm north-west of Dunoon. More than 500 objections have already been recorded and published on the Energy Concerns Unit (ECU) website. This week Dunoon Councillor William Sinclair can reveal a further 443 objections Read more
LOCALS have been left angry after a controversial energy hub next to their village, which is bigger than the settlement, was granted planning permission. The 400kv Banniskirk Hub substation and high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station are seen as an essential part of the National Grid by the Scottish Government, Read more