Tony Abbott’s top business adviser has accused the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of “dishonesty and deceit” as it focuses on “exploiting the masses and extracting more money” in a climate crusade. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/31/tony-abbotts-top-business-adviser-accuses-ipcc-of-dishonesty-and-deceit
Figure for Christmas Eve and Day alone – at height of crisis – was £1.2million Wind farms are paid to shut down turbines during gusty weather Britain is braced for another battering of gales and rain over New Year http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2531465/Energy-firms-cash-storms-leaving-wind-turbines-idle-power-companies-boost-takings-THIRD.html
Councillors at a meeting of East Lothian Council’s planning committee voted eight to six in favour of their officers’ recommendation to refuse the 34.4m-tall structure, with triple blades (diameter of 23.6m), proposed by Fredoch Ltd at Nisbet Farm. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/aroundthecounty/articles/2013/12/30/483394-impact-on-traprain-law-view-scuppers-wind-turbine-bid/
National Grid hands wind farm companies around £1.2 million on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day alone to switch off their turbines as tens of thousands of homes were left without power By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor Wind farm companies Read more
Westcountry homes close to wind farms have lost up to a third of their value, an MP has claimed as the Government considers paying compensation if developments cause a property price plunge. http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Wind-farm-8216-blight-8217-cutting-value-homes-33/story-20377613-detail/story.html
by Victoria Allen SCOTS homeowners are seeing up to 50 per cent slashed from the value of their houses because of wind turbines, estate agents have warned. Mounting evidence is emerging that the SNP’s green crusade has wiped thousands of Read more
West Country homes close to wind farms have lost up to a third of their value, an MP has claimed as the Government considers paying compensation if developments cause a property price plunge. http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Wind-farms-devalue-homes/story-20378903-detail/story.html
Shale has the spotlight for now. But there’s another, lesser-known substance with the potential to yield even greater quantities of natural gas: methane hydrate. http://www.thegwpf.org/energy-centuries-methane-hydrate-energy-source-future/