Comment on constraint stories in today’s press* and due in tomorrow’s where it will be revealed that Fallago Rig has received constraint payments of £3 million since April. “The massive constraint payments Scottish wind farms receive are the result of Read more
The UK Government signals that the days of endless UK-subsidy funded wind turbines in Scotland are numbered as it takes back the power to set subsidy rates for renewable energy in Scotland. Commenting on the latest Scottish Government press release Read more
David Cameron will fail to take back powers from Brussels under his plans to opt out of almost a hundred European Union law-and-order measures, a Commons committee warns today. His plans may even result in a net flow of powers Read more
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer] George Osborne is finalising a plan to cut household energy bills by up to £75 a year by removing charges to support green power projects and home insulation schemes http://www.thegwpf.org/osbornes-green-deal-cut-energy-bills/
Study says warmer temperatures are largely due to natural 300-year cycles Actual increase in last 17 years lower than almost every prediction Scientists likened continuing pause to a Mexican wave in a stadium http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2485772/Global-warming-pause-20-years-Arctic-sea-ice-started-recover.html
More than 300 MPs claimed a total of 200,000 on expenses for their energy bills, it has been reported. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10423252/340-MPs-claim-200000-on-expenses-for-energy-bills.html
The Energy and Climate Change Committee want suppliers to disclose costs Would include wholesale energy prices and green levies Also asked to reveal the profit they make from a typical domestic customer http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2485616/Power-chiefs-reveal-profits-Energy-companies-facing-demands-MPs-provide-breakdown-figures.html#ixzz2jZEDGADT
John Selwyn Gummer is chairman of a firm which connects wind farms But he also leads a committee in charge of setting green energy targets Now Energy Secretary admits he knew – but insists there was no problem Labour climate Read more