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An air of unreality surrounds Britain’s climate agenda. Wild targets are set; it is unclear how we will get there; the costs go undiscussed on the assumption that consumers are happy to bite the bullet. This was reflected in Boris Johnson’s joke that pit closures in the 1980s gave Britain Read more
he Prime Minister and business minister Kwasi Kwarteng boarded the Esvagt Alba in Fraserburgh Harbour, Aberdeenshire, on Thursday morning before heading several miles out into the Moray Firth to the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm. As the Esvagt Alba travelled towards the windfarm, the Prime Minister was given a tour Read more
Land At Margree, St John’S Town Of Dalry, Dumfries And Galloway, DG7 3XJ – Appeal The Erection, 35 Year Operation And Subsequent Decommissioning Of A Wind Farm Comprising Of Up To 9 Wind Turbines And Associated Development https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=121751
I AM dismayed to read that SSE’s investment strategy is to concentrate on wind (“Scottish energy giant in £1.2bn deal with Canadian investors”, The Herald, August 3). This is a policy already adopted by ScottishPower, who sold the Cruachan pump storage scheme, one of Scotland’s finest assets, and the Galloway Read more
It is frequently claimed that the subsidy cost of offshore wind farms has fallen over the past few years. The UK government itself is on record as recently as November 2020 claiming that: Government support to unleash the potential of offshore wind generation has seen the cost of it fall Read more
Thousands of households could lose their energy supplier this winter as small companies face the financial shock of record highs on the UK gas market and a key deadline to hand over renewable energy subsidies at the end of the month. The energy regulator is monitoring the finances of companies Read more
This relates to the Clauchrie Inquiry. The full explanation can be found in the Applicant’s Closing Submission from Page 26 onwards. https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/Document.aspx?id=776150 Executives at state-owned Prestwick Airport have been accused of unlawfully demanding compensation payments from wind farm developers, we can reveal. ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) wants to build 18 Read more
Strange, been to Corlic Hill and surrounding area many times pre turbines and always full of walkers on a decent day. Surely even seven years ago Nick Sharpe knew what a Met Mast was! Seven years ago, as I dragged my bike through boggy moorland near my home Read more