PEEBLESSHIRE MP David Mundell has hit out at the scale of tree felling carried out to make way for windfarms http://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/01/21/485594-mundell-anger-as-millions-of-trees-sacrificed-for-turbines-in-tweeddale/
Protesters looking for a judicial review into plans for a controversial windfarm on Shetland have launched a crowdsourced campaign to fund their effort. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/shetland-windfarm-row-campaigners-look-crowdsourced-support-fund-judicial-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shetland-windfarm-row-campaigners-look-crowdsourced-support-fund-judicial-review&utm_source=Energy+Voice&utm_campaign=1fa99b26a8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5368044726-1fa99b26a8-37712857
A new best practice guide to seismic survey work aims to help oil, gas and offshore renewable energy project developers scope out potential sites without causing stress to whales and other marine species. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/new-seismic-guide-aims-reduce-stress-whales-marine-species/
The gap in energy costs between Europe and its leading trading partners is widening, according to an official paper to be released by Brussels that shows industrial electricity prices in the region are more than double those in the US Read more
The high growth rates in offshore wind energy have led to an influx of new installation ships and new concepts being considered as turbine and park designs get bigger. http://www.farminguk.com/News/Navigating-the-future-of-offshore-wind-energy_27153.html
The battle against global warming is being put at risk by far-left extremists in the green movement who are resisting a moderate consensus on issues such as fracking, the government’s independent adviser on climate change has warned. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/20/fracking-lord-deben-climate-change
The remarkable discovery that a bat the size of a human thumb managed to fly from a village in the West Country all the way to the north of Holland could scupper future plans for vast off-shore wind farms, it Read more
Plans for two 47-metre wind turbines directly facing Rothesay Bay are due to be considered by Argyll and Bute councillors this week. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/community-news/toward-wind-turbine-plans-still-unacceptable-1-3274796