Planning and Environmental Appeals Division Stakeholders’ meeting 25 November 2015
Note of Planning and Environmental Appeals Division Stakeholders’ meeting 25 November 2015 Stakeholder meeting 25 November 2015 – note of meeting
Renewable Energy Systems pioneer battery-storage project to help Grid balance UK demand – Scottish Energy News
National Grid and Renewable Energy Systems (RES) are working together to develop the first battery energy storage systems to provide a dynamic frequency response service in nano-second timescales in Great Britain. They have agreed a four-year contract that will see RES provide 20MW of frequency response from battery storage in Read more
Scottish Affairs Committee The renewable energy sector in Scotland publications
Evidence given by Gareth Williams, Head of Policy, Scottish Council for Development and IndustryDr John Constable, Director, Renewable Energy Foundation, Professor Iain McLeod, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland and the Scientific Alliance Scotland, Linda Holt, Scotland Against Spin http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/scottish-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/renewable-energy-scotland-15-16/the-renewable-sector-in-scotland-publications/
Crowdfunding to kickstart device that monitors Low Frequency Noise.
A group of digital entrepreneurs have launched a kickstarter campaign to take a prototype mobile device that monitors for Low Frequency Noise and claims to help guard and reduce against the negative impacts from LFN was launched on the 27th April to coincide with International Noise Awareness Day. The company Read more
BBC Debate (Energy and the Environment)
Shelly Jofre chairs a debate on energy and the environment with a panel of politicians and a specially invited audience, including our own Linda Holt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b078cpt5/scotland-2016-19042016
Subsidy Sam set to knock wind out of Tommy’s sails
‘Subsidy Sam’ was written by Lyndsey Ward to counter the shameless pro-wind propaganda allowed in schools http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2016/4/22/in-the-news-today-josh-370.html
FiTs Policy Changes
Wind Energy Feed in Tariff subsidies FiTs Policy Changes
MAS Environmental – Wind Farm Noise Annoyance Study
MAS have designed a short noise survey with the hope of gaining some insight in to people’s perception and judgement of different samples of wind farm noise. The findings will be written up as part of a paper to be presented at the Inter-Noise conference 2016. The survey can be Read more