BORIS Johnson has been warned over-reliance on “unreliable regimes” such as China for its energy supplies will leave the UK vulnerable to precisely the sort of price volatility the nation is currently experiencing. And former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith also fears the consequences of Britain’s dependence on Beijing Read more
In today’s Times
It seems that Scottish wind turbines defy the laws of physics. Jim Daly extols their virtues saying they are reliable, cheap and the nasty English, or at least the National Grid, are charging wind turbine owners – mostly foreign – too much to transmit their electricity (Letters, 11 October). The Read more
Underwater power cables mesmerise brown crabs and cause biological changes that could affect their migration habits, scientists have discovered. The cables for offshore renewable energy emit an electromagnetic field that attracts the crabs and causes them to stay where they are. A study of about 60 brown crabs at the Read more
By Martin Williams Senior News Reporter SCOTTISH ministers have come under fire as it emerged they have breached international law for ten years by failing to put in place vital measures to protect the nation’s precious environment, landscape and wildlife. An analysis to the United Nations economic commission for Europe Read more
Where has the wind gone? ‘Global stilling’ is blamed as wind speeds drop across Europe cutting green energy production – threatening to drive up energy prices even FURTHER Industry experts warn climate change could be causing wind speeds to drop Weather modelling groups and academics say ‘global stifling’ has caused Read more
Boris Johnston has said that Britain’s electricity will be entirely powered by green sources by 2035. Green levies were added to energy bills without the public being properly warned. These are over £10 billion a year. The unreliability of wind and solar electricity means the national grid needs to be Read more