The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due out next week. If the leaked draft is reflected in the published report, it will constitute the formal moving on of the debate from the past, Read more
Plans to erect a 50 metre-high mast in Auchtertool have been approved by councillors. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/windfarm-testing-mast-approved-at-auchtertool-1.285553
Developers are facing an Angus Council thumbs-down for a green scheme they claim could generate a £1 million-a-year community windfall. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/angus-council-planners-recommending-refusal-of-nathro-hill-windfarm-1.285550
German company gives boost to offshore wind industry with £160m investment Manufacturing company Siemens is to invest £160m in wind turbine production and installation facilities in the UK, creating 1,000 new jobs. The German company had been working on plans Read more
Greig Cameron Deputy Business Editor Greencoat UK Wind has said its assets outperformed expectations with operations in Scotland among the biggest contributors. The investment fund said generation in the period between April and December last year was 7.6% ahead of Read more
People will no longer be able to invest in tax-efficient schemes that benefit from government renewable energy subsidies after the passage of the Finance Bill (Budget) scheduled for July 2014. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/osborne-budget-cuts-personal-tax-breaks-for-renewable-energy-schemes/
BRITAIN’S shale gas revolution is finally set to light up this year, spurred on by Budget proposals to ease tax burdens and train thousands of new workers for the industry. http://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/466262/Budget-boost-for-fracking-revolution
Growing crops to make “green” biofuel harms the environment and drives up food prices, admits the United Nations http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10716756/Biofuels-do-more-harm-than-good-UN-warns.html