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Onshore wind energy SIR – We are writing concerning the importance of maintaining the Government’s policy on onshore wind development (“Supersized wind turbines could be built in England if onshore ban ends”, report December 3). In 2012, with the support of the then prime minister David Cameron and chancellor George Read more
Party split as Rishi Sunak pressured to lift Cameron-era prohibition on new turbines but MPs urge him to stay committed to offshore The Government must keep the onshore wind ban or Britain’s food security would be at risk, two dozen Conservative MPs have warned. Rishi Sunak is under pressure from Read more
As a Westminster battle rages over whether to allow new onshore wind farms, existing turbines could start disappearing from next year due to a planning quirk, i can reveal. The UK is in danger of losing power from onshore wind farms that currently provide energy for around 1.2 million homes Read more
Forth Ports was one of the winners at the Scottish Green Energy Awards for its renewables hub at the Port of Dundee. The £40m development picked up the Outstanding Project Award for building Scotland’s only custom-built renewables hub, the Duneco Quay and Prince Charles Wharf and Extension. SSE Renewables, with Read more
Scots energy giants hit by over £1bn cuts in green investment budgets By Martin Williams Senior News Reporter SCOTS energy firms have seen their investment plans for the green energy revolution cut by over £1 billion – while being ordered by the regulator not to pass on the cost to Read more
A very strange parliamentary rebellion has been taking place with Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and dozens of other Tory MPs demanding an end to the ban on onshore wind farms. Wind power is cheap and getting cheaper, they argue. And surely, if we’re engaged in an energy war with Russia, Read more
We’ve just been informed that the SAS petition will receive its fourth Hearing by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee at its meeting on 18 January 2023. https://www.parliament.scot/…/pe1864-increase-the…
Folding Green The debts arising from a Green Transition will be over £450 billion if the cost of a back-up system to keep the lights on when the wind fails to blow is included in the total bill. Why, then, is there no agreement to set the date for Indyref2 Read more