The Scottish Government shouldn’t rule out ramping up domestic oil and gas production, according to an Aberdeen University expert. Professor John Underhill insisted the SNP can’t just rely on renewables alone during winter when the cold weather kicks in. Nicola Sturgeon’s party has committed to moving the country away from Read more
Boris Johnson met executives from some of Britain’s biggest energy companies on Thursday to discuss the cost of living crisis. Johnson was flanked by the chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi, and the business and energy secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng. Zahawi said afterwards that the energy firms agreed to “do more to help the Read more
A leading renewables firm has successfully erected the first of 15 wind turbines at a major new wind farm that will bolster Scotland’s drive towards net zero. The structure, totaling 156m in height, has now been installed, kicking off the next stage of development of the Kype Muir Extension – Read more
Orkney Islands Council has called on the Scottish Government to make a planning decision on its Faray onshore wind project by October. Leader of Orkney Island Council James Stockan has warned the delay to the final six-turbine, 28.8MW section of the Orkney Community Wind Farm is “jeopardising” the future of Read more
Ex-Cabinet minister Lord Frost says there is no evidence world is facing ‘a climate emergency’ and Britain should end focus on ‘medieval’ wind power and go all in for nuclear and fracking https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11094685/Lord-Frost-says-theres-no-climate-emergency-Britain-end-focus-medieval-wind-power.html
August Graham and Benjamin Cooper’s recent article “Household fuels bill to stay two and a half times pre-crisis levels” (Scotsman, 3 August) is the clearest attempt I have seen to try to bring home the reality of the tsunami of power price increases about to engulf us. I will Read more
So Scottish Renewables publish a blog on their website summarising the RSPB’s letter about the impact of avian flu but fail to mention the final para of the letter in the hope no-one will bother following the link to read it in its entirety! Cherry picking is one word for Read more
THE UK has been sent a horror warning over its net zero plans as renewable energy projects in the North Sea risk being blown up by undetonated bombs, according to claims The UK has plans to rapidly scale up its offshore wind capacity to help slash its reliance on gas Read more