He might want to do some homework on battery storage and hydrogen. https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/energy-price-crisis-the-ps1-billion-scandal-of-taxpayers-money-being-used-to-stop-wind-turbines-turning-kenny-macaskill-mp-3867905
Scottish and UK governments are yet to define what a “green job” is, despite long-running targets to deliver millions by 2030. The Scottish Government told Energy Voice this week it was still working to “develop a working definition of green jobs” with input from skills groups and industry, despite promises Read more
We must stop wind idiocy JOHN Urquhart (Letters, October 4) seems to think it’s a good idea to place wind turbines in the Trossachs national park. There is a reason why wind turbines are not placed in urban residential environments. They are massive, noisy, industrial machines. Anybody who has stood Read more
Wind farm and hydro scheme deal will make Duke of Buccleuch even richer A BUYER has been found for a £250m hydro energy scheme at a former opencast coal mine in the south of Scotland involving one of Britain’s biggest private landowners. The eight-turbine wind farm and hydro park project Read more
Teslas and wind turbines alone will not save the world, Bill Gates has said. The entrepreneur told a virtual climate summit that while electric cars and renewables were vital ingredients, new innovations would be needed to replace many polluting activities. “The idea you can do this thing without innovation [is Read more
Spinning in the Lammermuir Hills in southern Scotland, the 60 turbines at the Crystal Rig II wind farm have been powering homes for more than a decade. When they came online in 2010, electricity prices were around £40 per MWh and wind power was still a relative rarity in the Read more
PAYMENTS to energy firms to switch off mainly Scottish wind farm turbines because they produce too much power have cost bill-payers approaching £1bn in just over five years and are expected to soar to £500m a year. It has emerged that households who are seeing a doubling of energy bills Read more
Renewables issue needs attention Sir, – I noted with alarm and interest the content of Mr George Herraghty, Lhanbryde’s letter (P&J September 27) called “Renewables are devouring planet”. While I am in no way an expert in the subject of renewables, I am however someone who recognises that change is Read more