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.
A second-round auction in the UK for grid stability services, including inertia, concluded without any wins for grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. The UK National Energy System Operator (NESO) awarded no contracts to battery storage projects in the Stability Market Round 2. This was despite an extensive pilot Read more
A few days ago, there was some discussion about access rights to windfarms for non motorised use (walkers, cyclists, horse riders etc).The bottom line is that use of core paths and rights of way cannot be stopped by the developer (even during construction) unless there has been a specific application Read more
Councillors today unanimously agreed to formally object to plans for a Tweed Valley windfarm amid concern over its impact on a “magical” and popular walking and cycling route. When members of Scottish Borders Council’s Planning & Building Standards Committee met on Monday, March 2, they objected to Scottish Government’s Energy Read more
The overall energy bill has indeed reduced £117 since the last price cap, coming down to £1,641 from £1,758. Gas bills are down £44 and electricity bills are down £73, all figures including VAT. However, when Labour came to power in July 2024, the price cap for July-September 2024 was Read more
Scotwind sold the rights to 29 companies for our offshore wind farms but only four of these are Uk-based – more than 75 per cent of Scotland’s offshore wind generation is owned by foreign companies. Scottishpower is a major player in onshore wind power, owning 40 wind farms, but it Read more
It wasn’t a great start for Gillian Martin ahead of her first ever meeting with campaigners who are seeking an immediate pause on all major wind farm developments amid fears that beautiful landscapes are being destroyed. Communities from the length and breadth of Scotland are teaming up to fight back Read more
Bulldoze energy policy Just when we thought the environmental damage couldn’t get any worse… Your correspondent advocating pumped storage and claiming it is ‘renewable energy’ is quite simply wrong (Herald Letters, February 17). Pumped ‘storage’ is by definition NOT renewable energy. This erroneous belief demonstrates perfectly the hidden environmental and Read more
A temporary pause on renewable energy developments is not a “sustainable position” according to a Scottish Cabinet Secretary. Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, was talking at a meeting at Holyrood today (February 24) giving the response when she was asked if a moratorium on new developments Read more