A Scottish wind farm manager has raised £5,000 for Beatson Cancer Charity in Glasgow, by recycling old weather testing equipment. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/sse-weather-masts-raise-10000-for-scottish-charities/
Balbeggie residents have criticised council plans to retain a monitoring mast to help a controversial windfarm application. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/residents-say-windfarm-monitoring-mast-has-served-its-purpose-1.894139
Bute Community Power’s planning application for two wind turbines at the island’s Auchintirrie farm will be put before councillors later this month, The Buteman has been told. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/community-news/date-set-for-bute-wind-turbine-application-1-3852398
Plans to expand one of Aberdeenshire’s biggest windfarms have been lodged. The owners of Glens of Foudland, near Huntly, first unveiled plans to add another nine turbines to their existing 20-mast development last year. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/84617/owners-of-one-of-biggest-windfarms-lodge-plan-for-more-turbines/
Star Renewable Energy has walked away from a major project that had £1 million in support from the DECC because of uncertainties over the future of the renewable heat incentive (RHI). http://www.scottishenergynews.com/star-renewables-walks-away-from-major-project-over-rhi-uncertainties/
I read with interest Christine Metcalfe’s comments on the proposal for a North Sea electricity grid (Supergrid a pipe dream, Letters, July 26). Her critique rested primarily upon a single point, that “electricity is most economically generated as close as possible to where the demand is”. She advances an argument Read more
Nationalising the major power providers, as suggested by Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn, could cost £185bn, according to leading City analysts. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/07/jeremy-corbyns-bill-nationalising-energy-sector-185bn
The number of wind turbines in Britain is set to double, contrary to assurances from the government that they are putting the brakes on the wind farm industry. http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/08/08/number-of-british-wind-turbines-set-to-double-costing-taxpayers-billions-in-subsidies/