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Households could see their energy bills rise by £30 per year as the power grid operator is forced to pay wind farms to switch off turbines. National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) is cautioning that constraint payments, delivered to generators when the network doesn’t have the capacity to transmit their Read more
This article in the Mail, echos what the SAS petition to the Scottish Parliament is all about. It was two of our members, Aileen and Rosemary, who attended and gave evidence at the Noise Conference. They have since been contacted and had discussions with planners, noise consultants and turbine manufacturers Read more
The RSPB is calling on the Government to ensure better planning of offshore wind farms off the Yorkshire coast to help protect internationally important seabird populations On World Seabirds Day (Saturday 3rd July), the nature charity says that coastal waters off Yorkshire are internationally important for many seabirds, and while Read more
£1.5bn investment to prepare Scotland’s electricity networks for net zero By David Bol Political Correspondent MORE THAN £1.5bn will be invested to prepare Scotland for a clean electricity transformation – central to plans to support electric vehicles and a transition away from gas central heating. Scotland has pledged to become Read more
WIND energy is set to power every UK home by 2030 and plays a key role in the Government’s ambitious net-zero targets. But this renewable energy source has been met with its fair share of criticism. In fact, there is some doubt as to whether wind energy, or rather wind Read more
Councillors have thrown out plans for another wind farm near Stonehaven voicing fears the giant structures could cause aeroplanes to crash – despite there already being more than 50 turbines in the area. The proposed development of 11 wind turbines, each measuring 135 metres high, went before Aberdeenshire Council’s Kincardine Read more
Brian Wilson (“Hydro can be a force for good again”, Scotsman, 26 June) champions the Loch Awe pumped storage facility for its green credentials and says that the new owners – Drax – are planning to double the capacity of the site. Pumped storage exchanges high-price peak energy for marginal Read more
The developer behind plans to build a 200-turbine offshore wind development off the coast of Shetland has announced its first partner. Cerulean Winds has named NOV, one of the largest providers of marine equipment and wind vessel designs in the world, as a partner on the project. Led by entrepreneurs Read more