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The UK Government has announced new proposals aimed at bolstering the renewable energy sector, as a substantial portion of the country’s existing renewable energy assets -particularly onshore wind installations—near the end of their operational lifespan. https://www.energylivenews.com/2024/10/21/government-plans-new-support-for-ageing-wind-farms/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGDluRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHf3tiI6dBQTp_1SHdTtg6vCY1FQ5GDlc91lEtgMjlDVmkmkLklPVWmY3_Q_aem_CzC0c6DDsC1wU4Qc3UcX_A

In 2023, more than 1000 whales, dolphins and porpoises died around the UK’s coastline. This brings the five year total to more than 5000.  https://jasonendfield.medium.com/latest-uk-data-reveals-5000-dead-whales-dolphins-and-porpoises-in-just-5-years-f21ec1b98971  

I have updated my spreadsheet on S36 Scoping Schemes. There are currently 84 schemes at Scoping. I also attach a word document which sorts schemes into council areas, summarises the state of play in each and gives an overall position for Highland, the rest of Scotland and all of Scotland.It Read more…

The UK Government has just announced plans to unlock investment opportunities in new, large-scale, energy-storage-capacity projects, the scale of which have not been built in the UK for over four decades. The aim is to create a reliable backup to deliver the full potential of renewable energy – a critical Read more…

Windfarms are here to stay and more are coming, Dumfries and Galloway MP John Cooper warned this week. But the Conservative politician is backing the idea of more community benefits from the renewables industry. Mr Cooper spoke in a debate in Westminster which considered upping the amount of community benefit Read more…

A multimillionaire Highland MP co-owns a wind turbine firm despite branding wind power an “eco scam” and helping set up an anti-wind farm group, The Ferret can reveal. Angus MacDonald, who won the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seat for the Liberal Democrats in July, co-owns and directs a company Read more…

A deal agreed between the Scottish and UK governments will see funding made available for green energy projects across the country, it has been announced. Ahead of a visit by energy secretary Ed Miliband to Aberdeen, the UK Government said a new agreement between the two governments would allow Great Read more…

  Nothing new It must be terrifying living in the world inhabited by Joyce McMillan (Perspective, 11 October). She clearly believes the alarmist spin about “climate change” and seems to think that those who have not been taken in by this strand of thinking deny the reality of that fact. Read more…