Forth Ports was one of the winners at the Scottish Green Energy Awards for its renewables hub at the Port of Dundee. The £40m development picked up the Outstanding Project Award for building Scotland’s only custom-built renewables hub, the Duneco Quay and Prince Charles Wharf and Extension. SSE Renewables, with Read more
Scots energy giants hit by over £1bn cuts in green investment budgets By Martin Williams Senior News Reporter SCOTS energy firms have seen their investment plans for the green energy revolution cut by over £1 billion – while being ordered by the regulator not to pass on the cost to Read more
A very strange parliamentary rebellion has been taking place with Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and dozens of other Tory MPs demanding an end to the ban on onshore wind farms. Wind power is cheap and getting cheaper, they argue. And surely, if we’re engaged in an energy war with Russia, Read more
We’ve just been informed that the SAS petition will receive its fourth Hearing by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee at its meeting on 18 January 2023. https://www.parliament.scot/…/pe1864-increase-the…
Folding Green The debts arising from a Green Transition will be over £450 billion if the cost of a back-up system to keep the lights on when the wind fails to blow is included in the total bill. Why, then, is there no agreement to set the date for Indyref2 Read more
The Chancellor proposes a windfall tax on renewable generators who at present are paid if they generate, and paid if they do not but are available. When available, their generation is taken as a priority by the System Operator (National Grid). They get tax relief on all investment, and are Read more
One thing that could seal the Government’s fate would be power blackouts this winter. No administration can preside over the lights going out and survive at the subsequent election, as Edward Heath discovered in 1974. The National Grid had been expected to activate an emergency scheme offering households discounts on Read more
The Australian clean energy industry has warned of growing evidence linking renewable energy supply chains to modern slavery, and urged companies and governments to act to eliminate it. A report by the Clean Energy Council, representing renewable energy companies and solar installers, has called for more local renewable energy production Read more