The UK Government has backed new technology that stops windfarms interfering with crucial radar systems – a development is being hailed as a “huge step” for renewable energy. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3367046
OFFSHORE wind turbines can benefit Caithness ports, according to Willie Watt, chairman of Wick Harbour Authority. http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/News/Caithness-ports-in-line-for-offshore-windfall-23082013.htm
The real threat to fracking took place at a meeting of the EU’s Council of Ministers with a presentation by Jeremy Wates Missing the point about fracking: protesters at Balcombe in Suss By Christopher Booker 5:02PM BST 24 Aug 2013 Read more
Melting Arctic ice is bringing big changes to the world’s shipping and energy industries. http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/08/24/energy-firms-cross-the-arctic-greenpeace-denied/
FRACKING will be widespread across the Lothians within five years, according to two US-based political heavyweights. http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/fracking-support-tipped-to-soar-across-lothians-1-3061529
Some of Britain’s biggest wind farms are at times producing only enough electricity to make a few cups of tea, according to official industry figures. One wind farm, Trysglwyn, in Anglesey, Wales, was producing just 0.001 per cent of its Read more
NASA has released its latest sea ice report. These are tough times for climate alarmists. The truth is: There’s a lot more sea ice out there this year than they ever imagined. http://notrickszone.com/
The Swiss Solar Energy Professional Association (Swissolar) calls the government’s plans for PV “catastrophic”. Feed-in tariffs, payment duration and the separate category for integrated PV systems are on the chopping block. Still there might be some positive outcomes. http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/switzerland-plans-radical-solar-subsidy-cuts_100012484/#axzz2crfI3xba