Wytch Farm in Dorset is in the heart of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. But you would be forgiven for not knowing the largest oilfield in western Europe is even ther http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/10233955/The-town-where-fracking-is-already-happening.html
Slowly but gradually, Europe is awakening to a green energy crisis, an economic and political debacle that is entirely self-inflicted. http://www.thegwpf.org/benny-peiser-europe-pulls-plug-green-future/
Contentious plans for a Carse of Gowrie windfarm have been scaled back in the wake of fears it could interfere with flights. http://www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/perthshire-news/local-news-perthshire/perthshire/2013/08/09/73103-33705140/
More than 60 members of the public attended a public information evening held last week regarding the new Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) wind turbine. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/tell-us-more-about-turbine-information-event-is-held-1-3032038
Wind farms are being given around £30million a year in compensation to switch off or slow down their turbines because nearly half the electricity they make is not needed. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2388417/Wind-farms-paid-30-million-year-stand-idle-grid-cope-energy-produce.html
A renewable energy firm is weighing up its options after its proposal for eight large wind turbines at Brunta Hill near Lauder was unanimously rejected on Monday. Speaking to the Border Telegraph after the meeting of Scottish Borders Council’s planning Read more
By James Salmon Plans to build more wind farms are ‘deluded’, one of Britain’s biggest investors warned the Government. Dr Nigel Wilson, chief executive of insurance giant Legal & General, said the controversial green energy strategy will carpet the countryside Read more
Wind farm protestors in Belford are warning that the transport of turbine components could ‘interfere severely’ with village life. Members of the Middleton Burn Action Group (MBAG), which opposes any wind development in the Belford area, have raised concerns about Read more