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.
“Britain is particularly at risk both because of its switch to renewables as part of the Government’s aim to decarbonise the grid by 2030, and a heavy reliance on imported electricity. In January during an anti-cyclonic period of no sun or wind, a black-out was only averted because of electricity Read more
The Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee is considering the Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. The Bill, introduced by the UK Government in the House of Commons on 11 March 2025, would change the law around planning and infrastructure to support ambitions in the Read more
Planning permission for France’s most powerful new wind turbine installation has been overturned by appeal court judges, who argue the project would leave local residents feeling completely surrounded. “Nothing can be done with the landscape, by planting or other measures, to mask the impact of the wind turbines and reduce Read more
A £2bn electricity “superhighway” linking England and Scotland is facing delays in a blow to Ed Miliband’s clean power plans. Eastern Green Link 1 risks missing its target completion date because of global equipment shortages. The project involves a 120-mile cable being built between Scotland and north-east England that is Read more
Mark Hodgson‘s latest on an issue we are all familiar with – climate change being shoehorned into everything. https://cliscep.com/2025/04/25/climate-change-ate-my-homework/
Plans to create one of Europe’s largest hydrogen plants near Kintore have taken a step forward – despite calls for it to be thrown out. Statera Energy wants to build the massive 3GW Kintore Hydrogen project near Laylodge. Once constructed, it would be the largest site of its kind in Read more
An offshore wind farm said to be capable of powering half of Scotland’s homes is due to become fully operational later. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8v5z5rpvlo
An energy firm which was granted planning permission to construct a windfarm near Moniaive is now seeking another five years to get the project off the ground. Energiekontor is proposing to install nine massive turbines of between 180m and 200m in height at Fell Windfarm site between Blackcraig Windfarm https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/dumfries/news/german-firm-want-planning-permission-extended/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ2zAVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtuzi7-FOMrAZG_BU34zl3ZTZKwiZqXRGl8JvXINdqobcygxycWOvIVeeIyP_aem_wDwbrdJtm0tIv57lUBPCIg