Wind farms paid nearly £2m to switch off – even as customers face soaring energy bills Turbines stopped over three days because electricity they would have produced could not have reached regions that needed it Constraint payments are made by the National Grid to balance supply and demand across the Read more
Former London banker Alexander Pohl worked for years for one of the world’s greenest banks. Idealistically driven he financed big wind and solar farms genuinely convinced he was making the world a better place. Gradually he woke up to the fact that today’s green is a broken system. He gave Read more
A SCOTTISH technology firm has hailed £700,000 investment to roll out a new product it believes will transform the maintenance of windfarms. Dundee-based Edge Solutions has developed an “ultra-tough and aerodynamically optimal erosion shield”, named armourEDGE, in collaboration with INEOS Styrolution, which quickly and simply repairs eroded wind turbine blades. Read more
Six giant wind farm turbines are to be built on the fringe of the Pentlands National Park, despite fears it will hit tourism and disrupt vital broadband signals for local residents. Plans had already been approved for the six turbines being built by French energy giant EDF, but a Read more
Opinion in the Times today
BORIS Johnson said that the current electricity and gas crisis shows that we must build more wind turbines. Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband wants more wind turbines to “meet net zero with affordability and security”. Politicians are out of touch with reality. Affordability? Electricity is 5.6 times more expensive than Read more
Urgent request from a journalist (below). Can anyone who suits the bill and is willing to speak to him let us know by contacting Graham Lang on 013348 28550. I’m looking to speak to someone in Fife, Perth and Kinross, Dundee or Angus who either lives next to a site Read more
An application for 10 wind turbines to be installed near Dalmellington is set to be rejected by planning chiefs over size concerns. The proposed Over Hill Windfarm was earmarked for a site around 4km south-west of Dalmellington and 8km from New Cumnock. The site is dominated by poorly drained undulating Read more