Lang Banks Scotland’s story of a power sector in transition is being played out in many countries around the world. The centralised, large, fossil-fuel generation model is being unravelled with every new megawatt of renewable generation. The role of “baseload” thermal power is being eroded rapidly as renewable Read more
A £60million boost for community-scale renewables led by the Green Investment Bank, has hit the spot, says environmental specialist Atmos Consulting. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/75264/atmos-says-new-renewables-cash-has-hit-the-target/
A couple purchasing a property in Cumbria have successfully sued their conveyancer because development plans to build a wind farm were not picked up in conveyancing searches. http://www.mortgagefinancegazette.com/legal/compensation-couple-conveyancer-fails-find-wind-farm/
A petition urging protection of Scotland’s remaining wild land from “industrial” developments like inappropriate wind farms has reached more than 2,600 signatures within days of being launched. Examples of such applications, it says, include the Talladh a’ Bheithe windfarm at Rannoch, and the Allt Duine windfarm Read more
A fresh application to erect turbines near Eddleston has been revealed. Kilrubie Wind Farm Ltd want to develop a site to the west of the village. They hope to erect seven 115-metre high turbines on a site adjacent to Cloich Forest. Bosses from the green energy company have Read more
UK regulator Ofgem is consulting on proposals to approve the need for three new electricity interconnectors. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/ofgem-proposes-three-new-electricity-interconnectors-between-uk-and-eu-but-not-scotland/
Shrinking incentives are threatening the future of smaller wind turbine projects across the country, according to CKD Galbraith, an independent property consultancy. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/single-turbine-small-wind-projects-could-be-unviable-within-three-years/
The UK is the first country in the EU to have started a “capacity market”. Under this scheme, the UK government offers payments to electricity suppliers for making “backup capacity” available. The first auction, held in December for capacity in 2018/2019, has resulted in contracts for £931 million for UK Read more