BRITAIN is failing to make the most of the opportunity to become a world leader in offshore wind energy, a new report from an influential think tank has warned. WINNING THE RACE: The report calls on UK Government ministers to Read more
Pictures proving that raptors are attracted to windfarms http://savetheeagles.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/raptors-attracted-to-windfarms-2/ Study showing that bats are attracted by wind turbines as far as 14 km away (offshore on top of that!). And new, short paper mentioning all this and suggesting that Read more
BERLIN — Germany will stop subsidising solar energy by 2018 at the latest, its environment minister said Monday after last year initiating a scaling-back of generous state support for the faltering industry. Peter Altmaier of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Read more
German solar is dead, it just hasn’t hit the ground yet. The shining beacon of Green light in Europe, Germany is to kill its solar renewables industry dead no later than 2018 when all Green subsidies will stop. http://toryaardvark.com/2013/07/09/germany-kills-solar-stone-dead-green-subsidies-to-end/
PNE Wind UK have submitted an appeal to the Scottish Government after their bid for a windfarm at Tralorg Hill, east of Girvan was rejected. South Ayrshire Council’s regulatory panel said no to the proposals in March, citing concerns over Read more
Over 600 associations across Europe composing the the European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW) are hailing a ruling by the European Court of Justice as a first victory in their fight towards holding the European Commission accountable for what it says Read more
IN recent weeks it has become clear that we are sitting on mind-boggling reserves of gas on a scale never before suspected. They are locked in black rock known as shale, from which the latest technology, developed and now widely Read more
The future of offshore wind power generation in the UK is in serious doubt, as the government’s plans to encourage new windfarms are over-expensive and flawed, a new thinktank study has found. The left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research has Read more