It has emerged that 150 jobs are likely to be lost at energy giant SSE’s headquarters in Perth. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/energy-price-freeze-will-see-150-jobs-go-at-sse-headquarters-in-perth-1.307120
Technique of burning biomass then pumping released carbon underground included in leaked draft from UN climate panel http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/07/ipcc-report-sucking-carbon-air-climate-report-biomass
Wind power in the U.S. is on a respirator. The $14 billion industry, the world’s second-largest buyer of wind turbines, is reeling from a double blow — cheap natural gas unleashed by the hydraulic fracturing revolution and the death last Read more
Wind farm operators are being asked to make their turbines available to balance the grid at night over the summer. http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/04/08/wanted-more-wind-farms-to-balance-grid-at-night/
The UK Energy Secretary has clashed with Scotland’s First Minister about the impact independence could have on the crucial energy sector. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/04/davey-salmond-clash-independence-impact-energy-industry/
First Minister Alex Salmond will later today (Tuesday) speak at the ‘Bloomberg Future of Energy Summit’, one of the world’s most prestigious annual energy events, where he will highlight Scotland’s potential to become the intellectual powerhouse of green energy. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/First-Minister-Scotland-can-be-intellectual-powerhouse-of-green-energy-b42.aspx
Europe taught us to spare no expense in supporting wind and solar projects, the better to help the planet survive. Now Europe is teaching us how to tear down those same projects, the better to help ratepayers, and politicians, survive Read more
London, 8 April: A new report published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation is calling for Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education, to institute an official inquiry into the way environmentalism and in particular climate change are being Read more