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For people in the offshore wind sector, Scotland is – to borrow from the title of Billy Connolly’s autobiography – “windswept and interesting”. The North Sea is one of the windiest places on earth and, two years on from the award of licences to build an armada of offshore wind Read more
SAFETY concerns have been raised about above average radiation levels at a proposed wind farm development site in Aberdeenshire. Renewable energy company RES are seeking to erect 16 onshore wind turbines on the Hill of Fare, with a planning application already submitted to Scottish Government ministers https://www.thenational.scot/news/24075437.concern-high-radiation-levels-proposed-aberdeenshire-wind-farm/?fbclid=IwAR2e9Ezev-C5z1vPmkl2bobDR-bZZ3l8gVrq06IYPE6zT9lpdfTxiWxBMGA
Campaign group Net Zero Watch has revealed that four major institutions have produced erroneous estimates of the cost of decarbonising the economy. Last weekend, the Sunday Telegraph revealed that the Committee on Climate Change had seriously underestimated the amount of electricity storage required for Net Zero, because it had not Read more
There will be a meeting at Johnstone bridge on the19 th February……for people within 2 Kms of the site. Why 2 Kms? People in Boreland will still be able to see them They confirmed they are holding an exhibition preview on 19th February at Lockerbie Ice Rink for those living Read more
The German boss of Britain’s biggest wind turbine maker has warned energy bills will have to keep rising to pay for the green transition as he attacked “fairytale” thinking about net zero. Joe Kaeser, chairman of Siemens Energy, suggested higher energy bills were inevitable as turbine makers grapple with huge Read more
Britain imported a record amount of electricity from Europe last year as solar and wind farms struggled to generate sufficient energy in the wake of coal and nuclear power plant closures. The UK forked out £3.5bn on electricity from France, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands last year, accounting for 12pc Read more
When will we realise it’s madness to rely on wind? ONCE again, for almost all of this past week, renewables have been failing us and the UK and Scotland on several days were heavily importing electricity to keep the lights on and infrastructure running. At breakfast this morning (08.20, January Read more
A Galloway community council is at the centre of conflict of interest claims over its stance regarding two wind turbine developments proposed within its area. Cree Valley has placed on record its strong criticisms over plans for 40 turbines up to 820 feet high on moorland sites north of Minnigaff Read more