The UK does not have the “right policies” to meet legal renewable energy targets, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd has admitted. But appearing before a parliamentary committee after a leaked letter emerged spelling out an expected shortfall in the target to source 15% of the country’s energy from Read more
Jamie McKenzie A green energy firm has lost its battle to build a 14-turbine windfarm on an iconic Highland mountain. PI Renewables wanted the Scottish Government to overturn Highland Council’s decision to reject its plans for the 377ft towers on the foothills of Ben Wyvis. A public local inquiry was Read more
As we squeak and gibber about the distant danger of terrorism, this country stands on the brink of a real threat to its economy, its daily life and its order. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3308821/PETER-HITCHENS-Warmists-armed-windmills-REAL-threat-Britain.html
Today (10 Nov 2015) the SNP-led Energy Committee of MPs in the House of Commons will quiz British Energy minister Amber Rudd on the controversial new nuclear power station to be built at Hinkley Point. The following letter on power costs has been sent by the Borders Network of Conservation Read more
Michelin is to shut its tyre factory in County Antrim with the loss of 860 jobs – blaming intense competition from Asia and high energy costs. – Britain’s High Energy Costs Are Killing Competitiveness Of Manufacturing
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has written to the UK Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, asking for urgent changes to the UK Government’s policies and seeking reassurance that energy security issues are being properly considered. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Energy-capacity-warning-1f11.aspx
Magnus Gardham, Political Editor ALEX Salmond’s £10million wave power prize should be scrapped, critics have claimed, amid fresh evidence of it sinking into chaos. The Saltire Prize, an ambitious international contest designed to make Scotland a world leader in wave and tidal power development, was launched with great fanfare in Read more
Written by Sue Restan The decision by Scottish ministers to reject plans for a 24-turbine wind farm on the edge of Rannoch Moor has been welcomed by the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS). The scheme had previously been slammed as “insane” by the author of the hit TV series Outlander, Read more