DECC chose December 22nd to make over 50 announcements on its websites including on the FIT for solar, flooding the world with information Dec 22nd was obviously a good day to bury bad news. https://www.gov.uk/government/latest?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change Business Green – James Murray – Davey accuses government of ‘butchering UK’s renewables on the basis of Alice in Wonderland […]
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Utility Week: A report in The Times suggests government officials want to verify that other countries would be as interested in adopting the sophisticated technology as Tidal Lagoon executives argue. Tidal Lagoon Power received planning consent from the government in June to construct the 320MW tidal lagoon project.Chief executive Mark Shorrock told Utility Week the firm is […]
Energy & Environment management ‘The European Investment Bank has announced today (30 October 2015) that it is to provide £225 million (EUR314 million) to help fund the 336MW Galloper Wind Farm in the North Sea east of Felixstowe. The European investment is part of a £1.37 billion (EUR1.9 billion) debt financing deal with 12 commercial […]
Last week shortly after the news of the leaked letter emerged Amber Rudd had to face the Energy and Climate Change Committee – she comes out fighting watch the video: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/energy-and-climate-change-committee/news-parliament-2015/decc-annual-report-accounts-evidence-15-16/ James Murray of Business Green – explains the background and significance of the debate http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/james-blog/2434365/the-real-scandal-of-the-uks-faltering-renewables-target Leaked letter: Rudd admits 25% green energy undershoot, misled […]
BBC ‘A floating offshore wind farm will be installed in the North Sea off the coast of Peterhead after the Scottish government gave it consent. Norwegian energy firm Statoil has been granted a licence for the pilot scheme of five turbines. They will be attached to the seabed by a three-point mooring spread and anchoring […]
United utilities ambitious solar pv programme is undermined by Government’s lack of clear policy; no doubt Chinese nuclear electricity will be so much cheaper! Daily Telegraph: Water giant United Utilities is to install Europe’s biggest floating solar power system on a reservoir near Manchester, as it seeks to capitalise on the novel technology to cut […]
Study highlights potential gannet mortality in the Forth from offshore wind By MarEx 2015-09-28 19:08:03 Marine Executive With about four percent of its population using offshore wind power, the U.K. is arguably the world leader in clean energy. But a new study suggests that the U.K.’s aims to harness renewable energy could have an unintended […]