Graham Lang, chair of Scottish national alliance Scotland Against Spin which campaigns for reform of Scottish wind energy policy, said: “The headlines and press release generated by this report are the standard SNP spin about Scotland being unfairly damaged by UK-wide cuts to renewables subsidies, but the report itself tells Read more
The event will provide an exciting opportunity to find out more about this important inquiry, and the main recommendations that the Committee will be making to the Government. http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/scottish-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2015/renewable-energy-scotland-report-launch-16-17/
The Scottish Affairs Committee will be publishing its report on the renewable energy sector in Scotland, setting out its findings, and recommendations to the Government—on 25 July 2016. Details of the launch event, including a link to the registration page, are below. The renewable energy sector in Scotland. The event Read more
Some of our visitors may have noticed that our website has been plagued with issues over the past 4 weeks that have impacted our access to the site. This has severely reduced our ability to deliver our service to Supporters and visitors alike. Our site was targeted by malicious user(s), Read more
The Small Wind Co-op is seeking to raise £1.4 million to build two 100kW community-owned farm-scale wind projects in Scotland which come pre-approved for the government feed-in tariff subsidy. The local community energy investment opportunity inviting people to support two small farm wind turbines at Kellybank Farm in Wemyss Read more
As you may already know I have just started in my new role of coordinating the Community Peer Support Network and I’m now getting to know more of the activists and supporters out there. It has been a bit of a ‘in at a deep end’ for me and busy Read more
Attached is a response from the Low Carbon Contracts Company to an FOI request regarding Contracts for Difference (CFD). SAS has received permission to publish the letter in the hope it will remind others to ensure that any windfarm developer with a CFD is actually providing concrete evidence of reaching Read more
Graham Lang attended the DPEA Stakeholders’ Forum today at Callendar House, Falkirk on behalf of SAS. The meeting received an update from the Director and Chief Reporter Lindsey Nicoll on statistical data for the period April 2015 to March 2016 Reporters have dealt with 29 multiple turbine appeals and allowed Read more