News Elsewhere contains mainly articles we have permission to republish from Views of Scotland and Country Guardian. You can learn more about these organisations by visiting: http://www.countryguardian.net/ and http://www.viewsofscotland.org/. Occasionally we will also post news from elsewhere on the web.
Net Zero cost The claim by Humza Yousaf that “the SNP refuses to back down over net zero” highlights the problem for the SNP in that it is now a party for the rich. The failure of the SNP/Green alliance to heed the warning from the Swedish Company Vattenfall Read more
LOCAL wind farm developers are to receive help from the government to produce affordable energy. EDF Renewables, who secured planning consent for 48-turbine 225MW Clash Gour wind farm near Forres last year, have successfully bid for the Allocation Round 5 for the UK Government’s Contract for Difference (CfD). An EDF Read more
Scottish renewable energy developer, Galileo, is to explore the potential of Crosbie Wind Farm, on an upland area between Fairlie, West Kilbride and Dalry. The company will soon begin early engagement with locally elected representatives, community councils and groups in advance of initial public consultation events in November. It is Read more
An offshore wind farm in Scotland has netted £647 million through a net zero loophole and by receiving payments when not producing electricity, a think tank has claimed. The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) alleged that consumers had effectively overpaid hundreds of millions of pounds for the Moray East wind farm Read more
Turbine blades shed microplastics into the environment. Here is the link to the article which was published recently in the Sunday Mail, Scotsman, Express and Times. https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/blades-from-scotlands-first-wind-farm-sent-into-storage-4287220 Both had worked for big energy companies, including ScottishPower, developing its wind farm operations. The Lindsays have also signed a deal with Read more
It has been said that the road to net zero carbon emissions runs through the homes of the poor. This statement is echoed in UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision this week to water down net zero commitments, a political manoeuvre, no doubt in response to growing concerns over the Read more
Momentum has quietly been building in recent months among policymakers and the hydrogen industry around the idea of Harnessing the massive amounts of wind power set to be generated at wind farms in the North Sea, then sending the hydrogen created using that renewable electricity down a vast undersea pipeline Read more
Note RUK are saying “A well-resourced and efficient planning system is needed in every part of the UK to enable new projects to go ahead where they have local support.”. We’ll be adding this to a submission to the SAS Petition to the Scottish Parliament! Trade group RenewableUK says the Read more