As most will be aware the Energy Consents and Deployment Unit at Scottish Government have been working on a project to deliver a publication portal (phase one) followed by the ability to engage online for the electronic submission of consent applications and public representations (phase two). We are pleased to Read more
Renewable developers who have been awarded the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) have doubts about the delivery of their projects. http://www.energylivenews.com/2015/07/16/renewable-developers-have-doubts-about-cfd-delivery/
Scottish Secretary David Mundell accused the SNP of siding with developers as he defended the UK Government’s decision to put an early end to subsidies for onshore windfarms https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/638678/snp-accused-of-being-on-the-side-of-wind-farm-developers/
Scottish councils may lose out on more than £44m of income over the next 20 years if changes are made to wind farm subsidies, according to a trade body. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-33550487
A renewables firm has withdrawn a controversial windfarm application that would have seen turbines more than twice the height of the Scott Monument installed in rural Perthshire. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/firm-pulls-the-plug-on-perthshire-windfarm-application-1.890221
Oliver Wright, Whitehall Editor The Government is facing a multi-billion pound black hole in its budget to pay for new clean energy supplies, which could result in rising household electricity bills unless there is a dramatic decline in investment in renewable technologies. Senior Whitehall sources have told The Independent that Read more
The National Grid has reported that winter black-outs are at the highest risk in a decade as UK energy capacity margin falls to 1.2%. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/highest-risk-in-a-decade-this-year-of-winter-power-cuts-as-uk-grid-capacity-margin-falls-to-1-2/
THE energy company which was refused permission for a wind farm at the gateway to Glen Affric has called it “a dark day” for the Scottish planning system. http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Energy-firm-hits-out-at-government-reporter-for-rejecting-wind-farm-plan-near-Glen-Affric-14072015.htm