Abstract Wind power produces more electricity than any other form of renewable energy in the United Kingdom (UK) and plays a key role in decarbonisation of the grid. Although wind energy is seen as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, there are still several environmental impacts associated with all stages Read more
CONCERN has been voiced that a proposed wind farm in Peeblesshire will be “pretty intrusive” if given the go-ahead. Peebles Community Council has been asked to back neighbouring community leaders in objecting to the plans for 12 turbines at Cloich Forest, near Eddleston. Although proposals have been revised to reduce Read more
More than 5000 wind turbines will be decommissioned in Scotland within the next 30 years – opening up the prospect of a green jobs boost, according to a new report. The country’s first forecast into onshore wind decommissioning was published by Zero Waste Scotland, whose chief executive highlighted the economic Read more
It was 3AM on Monday and staff at National Grid’s central control room had a problem. Arrayed before them were dozens of computers tracking the UK’s energy supply and demand. Overhead was a huge screen displaying, second by second, Britain’s whole electricity generating and supply network. The giant bear pit Read more
Siemens Gamesa has launched the world’s first recyclable wind turbine blades ready for commercial use offshore, produced at the Siemens Gamesa blade factory in Aalborg, Denmark. Courtesy of SGRE The new wind turbine blade enables separation of the materials at the end of its lifetime, introducing recycling into new applications. Read more
At least they recognise they “need to take communities with them”. Maybe our Petition to the Scottish Parliament has touched a nerve! WITH 50 days to go until COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and a newly struck deal between the SNP and the Scottish Greens, even Read more
UK government ministers have held private meetings with fossil fuel and biomass energy producers roughly nine times as often as they met companies involved in clean energy production, despite the increasing urgency of meeting the government’s climate targets. Analysis by DeSmog, the environmental investigation group, of publicly available data shows Read more
Power prices are soaring. Domestic suppliers are going broke. And blackouts are threatening to close down the economy. You might think that amid widespread labour shortages, the disruption to trade from our departure from the European Union and the still uncertain recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, the British economy had Read more