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Potential objectors to Knockendurrick Wind Farm are being “picked off” by the firm behind the bid. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cash-silence-claim-turbines-2790238

Samsung’s plans to set up a £100 million offshore wind turbine hub in Fife have been called into question, after executives visited a number of other potential locations around the UK. It is believed that the Korean group is being Read more

Costly green measures are behind our rocketing energy bills. But as politicians dither, an even greater crisis awaits BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, has been headquartered in Germany since before the country formally existed. Founded in 1865 by the Read more

Energy Minister Fergus Ewing told MSPs changes to the UK Energy Bill were a “cause for serious concern” on 13 November 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/scotland-24925162

Electricity market reform risks “failing” Scotland, according to the energy minister. Changes to the UK’s Energy Bill debated in the House of Lords last week will remove Holyrood’s powers over an aspect of renewable energy policy, Fergus Ewing said. He Read more

GERMANY: German offshore wind faces a 6.5GW cap to 2020 if the working group energy proposals prepared for a grand conservative-social democrat coalition government are implemented as set out in a final, if not complete, draft dated 11 November 2013. Read more

E.ON SE (EOAN.XE) said Wednesday it has agreed to sell a majority stake in an offshore wind farm in Denmark as the German utility seeks to conserve cash and free up funds for reinvestment in new “green” energy projects. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20131113-704008.html

UK: Utility SSE has revealed plans to scale back the 504MW Galloper wind farm in the North Sea by nearly a third to 340MW. http://www.windpoweroffshore.com/article/1220770/sse-cuts-back-504mw-galloper-project