Windfarms can cause stress and sleep loss for nearby residents, review finds
Annoyance caused by living next to a noisy wind farm can lead some people to become stressed and lose sleep, a Government review has found.
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Sweden on track to produce all energy from renewables by 2040
Sweden is on track to be producing all its energy from renewable sources by 2040.
IEA raises forecast for renewable energy growth by 2021
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has raised its forecast for renewable energy growth over the next five years.
Enterprize Energy launches offshore windfarm
Enterprize Energy has launched an offshore windfarm project in the Taiwan Strait.
UK Ministers accused of ‘complacency’ over renewables industry
The UK Government has been accused of displaying “worrying complacency” about the future of the renewable energy industry.
Dutch firms unite to blow open subsea bomb detection market for wind farms
Two Dutch companies have joined forces to help wind farm developers defuse problems with unexploded bombs.
Windfarm project gets planning permission despite objections of councils
Ministers have granted planning permission for a 19-turbine wind farm in the south of Scotland despite a local council claiming it would “unacceptably harm” the landscape.
Portal to document aging renewables assets in UK and France
A portal has been created to provide new insight on aging renewables and storage assets in the UK and France.
Opinion: Meeting China’s burgeoning renewables sector’s engineering service needs
With a population of over 1.3 billion, China is the world’s leading energy consumer, and the vast majority of its electricity comes from domestically mined coal. But the Asian nation is cutting its dependence on fossil fuels and replacing it with renewables at breakneck speed to meet rapidly growing energy demands and address acute air pollution issues.
UK botched its renewable energy programs, auditors report
The UK government miscalculated the costs of renewable-energy support and is likely to overshoot its 7.6 billion-pound ($9.2 billion) annual budget by about a fifth in 2020 and 2021, according to auditors.
Scottish windfarm breaches ‘wild land map’
The Scottish Government has given the go-ahead to the first windfarm to breach the boundaries of its own wild land map, it has emerged.
Onshore work starts for £300million windfarm off Aberdeenshire coast
The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) said it will start onshore substation works for its £300million Aberdeen windfarm.
Tesla signals work with Panasonic on solar energy
US electric car maker Tesla said it plans to start working with Japanese electronics giant Panasonic on solar energy.
North-east residents call for re-think of wind farm as “flaw” in planning process expose
North-east residents want work on a controversial windfarm halted – because two councillors breached their code of conduct when they backed it.
50% renewables target for all energy needs by 2030 doable, says WWF Scotland
Producing half of Scotland’s energy needs using renewable technology by 2030 is an achievable goal, according to a report.
Green energy generating record levels of Scottish heat
A record amount of Scotland’s heating is being generated by renewables, according to a new report.
Kite power station set for Stranraer
A renewable energy firm plans to create one of the world’s first kite power stations in Scotland.
Opinion: Integrating variable renewables through grid realisation
Variable renewables now account for over 30% of total global installed power generation capacity and 23% of total global electricity production. Wind and solar PV have witnessed an explosive annual growth of 23% and 50% respectively in the past ten years.
Met Office nets Scottish Power Renewables contract
The Met Office has won a two-year contract with ScottishPower Renewables.
Are offshore windfarms ‘Britain’s new oil boom’?
Offshore green-energy projects worth a total of £210billion are an “unmissable opportunity” for Scotland’s oil and gas industry, a flagship centre for UK offshore renewables innovation and research said yesterday.
UK could treble electricity supply from solar without raising costs, report says
The UK could treble the amount of solar power on the system without pushing up costs, a study suggests.
Shell and BP shareholders can use votes to make firms go green, campaign group says
A campaign group is urging Shell and BP shareholders to use binding votes on pay plans to encourage bosses to embrace green energy, a news report said yesterday.
Vattenfall buys “most powerful turbines” for controversial Aberdeen wind farm
Vattenfall has placed an order for 11 of the world’s most powerful wind turbines for the controversial European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) to be located offshore Aberdeen.
Opinion: Offshore decommissioning and asset removal – is there a better option?
The UK is set to spend billions on offshore decommissioning and removal. It is generally believed oil and gas companies will pay for this work. This is not the case. The taxpayer will fund a large proportion through tax breaks.
Opinion: The economic and moral bankruptcy of UK energy policy
With its choice for Hinkley Point C - a £100billion boondoggle – its enthusiastic support for expensive and environmentally harmful fracking, and its relentless attack on renewable energy, the UK government’s energy policy is both morally and economically bankrupt, write Peter Strachan, Professor of Energy Policy at the Robert Gordon University, and Alex Russell, Professor and Chair of the Oil Industry Finance Committee. Westminster must reconsider this folly, which will be a disaster for the Conservative party, and embrace the renewable energy transition that can lead us into a clean and economically healthy future.