Ministers said offshore wind farms had the potential to create tens of thousands of jobs but the figure was only 1700 in 2018. Trade unions have blasted the SNP Government after only a fraction of the green jobs heralded by Read more…
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has submitted a planning application for a six-turbine wind farm to be established at Quanterness, just outside Kirkwall. The development is part of the local authority’s Community Wind Farm Project, which could also see council-owned wind Read more…
Britain added more onshore and offshore wind capacity than any other country in Europe last year at 2.8GW, latest industry figures show The UK continued to lead Europe in new wind power last year, adding 2.4GW of both onshore and Read more…
What will soon be the world’s biggest offshore wind farm – Orsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea 2 – will power green hydrogen production under a programme newly-awarded additional funding by the UK government. The Gigastack project, led by ITM Power, aims to Read more…
A LONG-awaited environmental advisory group which will cast an eye over the planned Viking Energy wind farm site is set to have its first meeting in the coming months. The group has been mooted since the early days of the Read more…
The two 50MW batteries are located near the village of Minety in Wiltshire and are currently being developed by two Chinese state-owned companies Shell has set its sites on using a major 100MW battery in Wiltshire to provide back-up electricity Read more…
No-one should underestimate the importance of the planning appeal process. Appeals consider and determine some of the most contentious and, indeed, some of the most important developments so far as the Scottish economy is concerned. Unfortunately, it is a system Read more…
REGARDLESS of whether there is any scientific merit in the theory of global warming, the remarkable thing is that the British Government is making no positive effort to prepare for the elimination of fossil fuels from our economy. Certainly, ministers Read more…