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Kate Devlin UK Political Correspondent REJECTING independence could lead to lower energy bills and help ensure the lights do not go out, David Cameron’s Cabinet will say today. Coalition Ministers are set to announce a series of measures to support Read more

  Ben Robinson Wind farm firms have been accused of building huge, ineffective turbines to exploit a lucrative loophole funded by the taxpayer. And although the Government knows about the scam, it has not acted to stamp it out. The Read more

SSE said the Dalnessie scheme and plans to extend an existing development at Fairburn were no longer financially viable. Residents who had protested at the proposals hailed the decision as a victory for people power, as industry body Scottish Renewables Read more

Energy minister Michael Fallon orders wind farms to cut compensation charges as figures show they are paid millions for turbines to stand still in stormy weather By Tim Ross, Political Correspondent Onshore wind farms are being paid £30 million a Read more

Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor A LEADING member of Ukip has been accused of hypocrisy after striking wind-farm deals for his Scottish estates despite the party’s vehement opposition to “ghastly” turbines. Ukip economic spokesman Professor Tim Congdon, a leading Thatcherite Read more

by SCOTT MACNAB PLANS to create a new energy department for an independent Scotland which will be co-headquartered in Aberdeen and Glasgow have been unveiled by First Minister Alex Salmond. It will have a staff of about 300 across both Read more

Carolyn Churchill CONSERVATIONISTS have welcomed a “major U-turn” by an energy company, which has withdrawn plans for a wind farm that was to be the subject of a public inquiry. SSE said yesterday it would no longer apply to build Read more