The chancellor is preparing to impose a windfall tax on electricity firms within weeks despite provoking a furious backlash from business yesterday by launching a £5 billion raid on North Sea oil and gas producers. Rishi Sunak yesterday abandoned months Read more…
Dear Sir, I’m not sure what planet Allan Gray is living on as he presents us with his ever-so-cheap wind powered “Solutions to combat Energy Bills” (Northern Scot 20th May). In case he hasn’t noticed power prices have doubled in Read more…
PLANS for a new wind farm in the Scottish Borders have been submitted to the Scottish Government for approval. The proposed Teviot Wind Farm would be sited five-miles south of Hawick and includes plans for a solar array and battery Read more…
Households face paying higher prices for electricity in London compared to Scotland at certain times of day under wide-ranging reforms to make the UK’s energy market more green. National Grid wants to rearrange the market so that the wholesale price Read more…
The next meeting of the DPEA Stakeholders’ Forum will take place on 7 June and Aileen Jackson and Rachel Connor will represent SAS at the meeting. The Draft Note of the November 2021 meeting; the latest statistical data from DPEA Read more…
Plans unveiled for a new wind farm and battery storage facility near Watten have been slammed by opponents who say it is amongst the “largest proposed in the UK”. The proposed Watten wind farm by EDF Renewables would have Read more…
Black rats could be culled in Sark to offset disturbances to seabirds caused by wind turbines in England. Energy firm Orsted said culling the predators could increase the birds’ survival chances on the island and help maintain British Isles populations. Read more…
Landscapes in Caithness and other parts of Scotland are being “trashed in pursuit of profit” by wind farm developers and landowners, it has been claimed. Jillian Bundy, chairperson of Caithness West Community Council, said wind energy developments were “never-ending” and Read more…