The amount paid to switch off fossil fuel power stations such as coal and gas are “six times greater” than payments made to wind generators. http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/01/10/payments-to-turn-off-fossil-fuel-stations-%e2%80%98six-times-more-than-wind%e2%80%99/
Plans for a new wind farm in the Glenkens have been scaled down. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/turbines-blown-off-wind-plan-3004947
By Graham Brown Green energy has sparked turbulence among Angus councillors as they get their heads around a string of windfarm applications. At the first development standards committee under a new local authority meetings structure, members approved wind and water Read more
Objectors to controversial plans for a 25-turbine wind farm at the gateway to the internationally-recognised nature reserve of Glen Affric are being urged to attend a protest meeting on Sunday. ABO Wind UK announced in November it had struck a Read more
European laws to boost renewable energy have failed and may be rewritten http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10562274/UK-homeowners-caught-in-EUs-tangle-of-green-targets.html
Interview with Stuart Young broadcast on last nights STV 6pm news. (Constraint Payments) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFRQgLy_3A
A decision on plans for a pair of wind turbines near Felkington Farm, Norham, was deferred because of a council oversight. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/turbine-plans-deferred-1-3261054
The fate of £95,000 in public money used to help draw up the doomed plans for three wind turbines at Ascog Farm remains unclear this week. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/local-headlines/fate-of-ascog-wind-cash-still-unclear-1-3262137