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THE Scottish Government is to appeal a court ruling to withdraw planning consent from a huge wind farm in Shetland. Lady Clark of Calton yesterday set aside the consent granted to the 103-turbine development by Scottish ministers in April last year, following a judicial review brought by campaign group Sustainable Read more
People who host wind turbines on their properties and derive rental income from wind energy companies have important stories to tell about living alongside turbines, but they’ve largely been absent from the debate on wind farms and health. Australian filmmaker and researcher Neil Barrett is finally giving this critical group Read more
Around 40 wells investigating the UK’s potential use of shale gas could emerge in the next couple of years, Energy Minister Michael Fallon has said. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/energy-minister-michael-fallon-uk-set-to-see-40-shale-gas-wells-8853173.html
GERMANY: Siemens has refused to rule out axing jobs in its wind division as the company prepares to make 15,000 redundancies. http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1214350/update-siemens-wind-division-may-face-cuts
The full text of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report has been out for less than 24 hours and the tales of malfeasance are flowing already. http://www.thegwpf.org/ipcc-stands-accused-misleading-world-leaders-public/
John-Paul Ford Rojas THE head of energy giant Scottish Power has warned that a pledge by Labour to freeze tariffs could jeopardise billions of pounds-worth of investment and thousands of jobs. Keith Anderson, the Spanish-owned firm’s chief corporate officer, said the policy would sow “doubts and fears” about the sector. Read more
In a fringe session at the ongoing Conservative Party conference, Michael Fallon, UK Energy Minister, spelled out the scale of the commitment the UK Government has made to the oil and gas industry to ease the cost of decommissioning over-age infrastructure in the North Sea http://forargyll.com/2013/10/uk-energy-minister-lays-out-the-specifics-of-scotlands-inability-to-fund-north-sea-decommissioning/
Earl Spencer, his trustees and the French energy group, EDF, to erect a wind farm on estate in Wormleighton, Warwickshire http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2439592/How-Dianas-brother-Earl-Spencer-outraged-neighbours-wind-farm-generate-millions.html