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THE owners of Grangemouth petrochemicals refinery are in talks with the Scottish and Westminster governments over a £150 million plan to pioneer importing US shale gas into the site to safeguard 100 jobs and a £1 billion revenue stream. Ineos, which owns the chemicals part of Grangemouth, has been lobbying Read more
Tory MP John Hayes was fired as Energy Minister for secretly plotting to persuade an electricity boss to challenge Government policy. Climate change sceptic Mr Hayes had asked the head of power giants E.on to warn of blackouts unless the Coalition watered down its green crusade and made a U-turn Read more
Thousands of dirty diesel generators are being secretly prepared all over Britain to provide emergency back-up to prevent the National Grid collapsing when wind power fails. And under the hugely costly scheme, the National Grid is set to pay up to 12 times the normal wholesale market rate for the Read more
When choosing a turbine, it’s important to consider which FiTs bands will suit your business in terms of being most cost-effective and providing the greatest return. It may be sensible to go for a smaller-rated turbine and make sure you hit the top of the tariff band, rather than stretching Read more
The world’s biggest wind turbine, seven times the height of Nelson’s Column, is being developed with £25 million funding from the European Union. Scientists claim a single super turbine would be capable of providing electricity for a year for between 15,000 and 20,000 households. Its blades would each be about Read more
COUNCILLORS have called on the Scottish Government to amend planning policies which, they fear, could result in a further proliferation of wind farms at unsuitable sites in the Borders. Even SNP members, who dominate the ruling administration on Scottish Borders Council, have backed the call for Scotland’s planning policy (SPP) Read more
Long-term subsidies for wind farms are to be cut by a quarter, the Government will announce this week. The decision will delight anti-wind farm campaigners and back-bench Conservative MPs who have sought a cut to curtail the construction of turbines. But the wind power industry said the measure would leave Read more