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Climbdown on setting mandatory national targets, enforced in the EU courts, will be welcomed by Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10588121/European-Commission-to-ditch-legally-binding-renewable-energy-targets.html
By Laura Paterson Plans for a new high-voltage pylon line and substation in the Highland countryside came under fire at a public exhibition yesterday. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, part of SSE, wants to build a 15-mile line of pylons up to 152ft high from south of Inverness to Tomatin. The Read more
The claim was made by Npower chief executive Paul Massara He said suppliers were responsible for only 20 per cent of household bills But regulator Ofgem said the firm’s data was ‘incorrect and misleading’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543725/Npower-boss-tells-families-power-expensive-British-houses-waste-energy.html
50/50 joint-venture aims to create leading player in the offshore wind market. http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/36555/gamesa-and-areva-join-forces/
Shale gas development is moving slowly in Europe and is going in reverse in some countries, like Poland, whose gas developers are hitting the road. But a European energy rush of another sort – oil – is under way and it’s not in the North Sea. http://www.thegwpf.org/italy-embarks-oil-boom/
Germany must reduce the cost of its switch from atomic energy toward renewables to protect growth, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-21/germany-can-t-bear-32-billion-a-year-green-costs-minister-says
PEEBLESSHIRE MP David Mundell has hit out at the scale of tree felling carried out to make way for windfarms http://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/01/21/485594-mundell-anger-as-millions-of-trees-sacrificed-for-turbines-in-tweeddale/
Protesters looking for a judicial review into plans for a controversial windfarm on Shetland have launched a crowdsourced campaign to fund their effort. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/shetland-windfarm-row-campaigners-look-crowdsourced-support-fund-judicial-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shetland-windfarm-row-campaigners-look-crowdsourced-support-fund-judicial-review&utm_source=Energy+Voice&utm_campaign=1fa99b26a8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5368044726-1fa99b26a8-37712857