Wind farms were inflicted on Britain by Tony Blair in one of his evangelical insights – and this myth was sustained by the SNP Government with its target of 100 per cent renewables by 2020. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/dealing-a-blow-to-the-taxpayer-1-3212700
PROPOSALS for two huge wind turbines on land to the south of Crossgates will be presented at a meeting in the village tomorrow. Airvolution Energy Ltd are looking at erecting 131-metre high towers at a site near Woodlee, which Read more
Judge Rules that Falmouth Must Reduce Wind Turbines Hours of Operation. Court Finds Nearby Homeowners Suffer ‘Irreparable Physical and Psychological Harm’ BARNSTABLE (Nov. 22) In a major victory for homeowners living near a wind turbine in Falmouth, Barnstable Superior Court Read more
Ed Davey, UK’s Energy Secretary, said that he could not guarantee the rest of the UK would continue subsidising Scottish renewables as set out in the White Paper. Last night Labour accused the SNP of putting Scotland’s renewables potential ‘at Read more
Our November Newsletter is out now and it’s a bumper issue with the latest on Lady Clark’s Viking ruling, Aarhus, house price impacts and Iain Green’s topical cartoons! Registered SAS Supporters receive the Newsletter automatically; to be sure of your Read more
Farmers could earn more than £50,000 a year renting out their land as sites for large-scale solar-power farms. http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/11/developer-launches-hunt-scottish-large-scale-solar-sites/
Like Anthony Watts, I have only recently discovered the best, funniest and truest ever thing written about Climategate: an hilarious essay, published in 2009, by author Michael Kelly. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100247973/why-climate-change-is-still-far-too-important-to-be-left-to-scientists/
A free home insulation scheme for poorer households will be kept but implemented more slowly as part of a package of measures to cut fuel bills, the BBC has learned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25132843