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As France’s election season gathers steam, the fishermen from Saint-Brieuc on the north Brittany coast have had a stream of illustrious visitors, including the EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. But instead of discussing Brexit and fishing, Barnier and other conservative politicians have focused on a different bugbear: a €2.4bn Read more
Plans to build floating wind turbines by recycling redundant oil platforms could create 4500 jobs in the Highlands. The project would breathe life into the former fabrication yard at Ardersier near Inverness. Work is due to get underway in the next fortnight beginning with dredging along the 400-acre site’s banks Read more
ScottishPower and National Grid will pay a record £158 million compensation to consumers after wind farms were paid to switch off because of delays to a new subsea cable to export power from Scotland to Wales. The regulator said the delays made it hard for renewable energy generators in Scotland Read more
Donald Trump has warned Boris Johnson he is making a “big mistake” by backing “ridiculous” wind farms to drive the UK’s push to a net zero carbon economy. The former US president said he still liked the British Prime Minister but claimed that he was wrong to support renewable wind Read more
It’s that time of year again when the Industry get together to pat each other on the back at the Scottish Green Energy Awards. Full attendee list below. https://www.scottishrenewables.com/assets/000/001/992/SGEA21_-_Attendee_List___25.11.21_original.pdf?1637857333
I HAVE to congratulate our First Minister for trying to cope with the flicker created by wind-turbine blades while being interviewed on BBC Scotland inside Whitelee windfarm’s visitor centre. She sounded more grumpy than usual but kept talking, obviously in an attempt to show it wasn’t a problem despite Read more
A wind farm developer is hoping to build a massive battery plant south of Norwich to ensure there is enough energy when the wind stops blowing. But the plans, at the three-hectare site between Swardeston and the A47, have sparked concerns about fire safety from experts and local councils. Hundreds of lithium-ion Read more
A FIVE-YEAR extension to a Tweeddale wind farm has been given the green light by the Scottish Government. In 2017, the 14-turbine Whitelaw Brae development in the Tweedsmuir hills was granted an operational life of 25 years, despite concerns over its visual impact. And now the turbines – which stand Read more