Lewis Wind Power (LWP), developers of the Stornoway Wind Farm, has confirmed that it has accepted a grid offer from National Grid, helping boost the case for the delivery of the new Western Isles grid connection http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/paving-the-way-for-energy-development-stornoway-wind-farm-accepts-grid-offer-1-3262133
Lib Dem Mp Tim Farron said of the flooding: “The science is clear that the extreme weather is at least in part a destructive and inevitable consequence of climate change.” http://www.thegwpf.org/sun-editorial-blast-hot-air/
Householders in Wick, Caithness, were to receive their heat and power from a wood-chip-powered plant, run by a not-for-profit company set up by Highland Council. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/452801/Biomass-eco-project-is-shut-down-in-11-5m-green-energy-fiasco
Some 2,510 hectares of forest have been cut down since the SNP started their drive towards wind energy and having Scotland produce 100% of its energy from renewables. Figures obtained from the Forestry Commission Scotland through a freedom of information Read more
A wind farm company wants to build turbines near an historic Elizabethan house in a test case predicted to set a precedent for other sites http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10548424/Wind-farm-test-case-could-seen-hundreds-of-turbines-near-historic-sites.html
“Mr. President: Ladies & gentlemen: It’s a real honour to be here tonight in this very distinguished company in Oxford — an honour I feel all the more strongly as a Cambridge man myself. May I say first of all Read more
It’s not the weather that has got worse, it’s our ability to cope without the creature comforts http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10553640/The-storms-are-no-different-but-we-are.html
LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Britain has built the world’s biggest offshore wind energy market but there are signs it may have reached a tipping point as companies cancel and sell off projects in the face of steep costs. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/08/britain-wind-projects-idUSL6N0JW4B520140108?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssEnergyNews&rpc=401