As the cost associated with onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) has seen a reduction since 2010, a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is forecasting an even more significant drop as 2020 approaches.
A report published by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has found that - among other renewable rises - onshore wind generation rose by 50%.
Scotland’s onshore wind turbines provided over three quarters of the electricity need required to power the whole country over the month of November.
Outdated policy could risk a £1billion windfall through blockage of the ‘cheapest electricity technology’ claims a new report published by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
The UK’s subsidy ban for new onshore wind farms could tack £1billion ($1.3 billion) onto power bills over five years by eschewing one of the cheapest forms of clean energy.
Pen-y-Cymoedd wind farm has been formally opened today by Wales’ First Minister, Carwyn Jones.
A survey, commissioned by the climate change organisation 10:10, and carried out by YouGov has found many would not like to live near a nuclear plant or fracking site.
North Lanarkshire based company ABO Wind has submitted a planning application to Scottish Borders Council for a new onshore wind farm.
Aberdeen-based renewables firm, Muirden Energy, has had their planning permission application overturned on appeal for a proposed Caithness windfarm.
A Danish billionaire has lost his fight against the Scottish Government over a major windfarm which threatens the view from his Highland estate.
Some people regard them as an integral, and even soothing, feature of modern Scotland – while others view them as a blot on the landscape that threatens to eviscerate the country’s natural beauty.
A green energy body said today that onshore wind developers on remote Scottish islands would be “bitterly disappointed” that the UK Government has put off a decision on funding.
Scotland’s onshore wind industry could cut its costs by more than £150million a year with the support of government and regulators, new research shows.
German wind turbine maker Senvion said today it has taken over an Indian rival to support its expansion plans.
Windfarm operators have been paid a record-breaking £3.1million – for turning off their turbines for a single day.
Environmentalists have claimed that the high winds which struck Scotland last Sunday were strong enough to power the equivalent of all Scotland’s electricity needs for the day.
EDF Energy Renewables today announced the launch of its six turbine wind farm in the Ochil Hills near Stirling. The Rhodders wind farm is located near EDF’s existing Burnfoot Hill and Burnfoot North developments to the north of Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. The latest addition takes EDF’s combined electricity generation capacity in the area to 42 megawatts (MW), which is enough to cover the average annual demand of all the homes in Clackmannanshire.
Concern over bats being killed by onshore wind turbines has been growing for several years and that worry has just been further reinforced by research in Germany.
The boss of RenewableUK said the economic uncertainty caused by the UK's decision to leave the European Union had strengthened the case for supporting onshore wind.
Engineering giant Siemens has received an order for the supply, installation and commissioning of 54 direct drive wind turbines in Scotland.
Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy is pressing ahead with the development of an onshore wind project in Scotland. Statkraft is working on the Andershaw windfarm in South Lanarkshire following the successful construction of the 36MW Berry Burn windfarm. Construction of Andershaw is expected to begin later this month starting with work to construct the roads, turbines bases and substation.
Scotland is taking the lead in Britain as it forges ahead with deploying onshore wind, according to new findings by Renewable UK. The report “Wind Energy in the UK” says although England is missing out on some of the economic benefits of onshore wind it is trailblazing ahead in the offshore wind sector. More than 60% of UK onshore wind projects are now installed and operational in Scotland generating an annual turnover of £211million. The overall turnover for the UK as a whole was £402million – with Scotland bringing in more than half of that revenue.
Confidence in the UK’s onshore wind sector has been further hit by hints that Westminster may remove the technology from the Government’s new competitive auction process, a renewables body has warned. Niall Stuart, chief executive of trade body Scottish Renewables, said wind being blocked from the Contracts for Difference (CFD) scheme “would result in a massive and dramatic decline in development”. Scottish Renewables revealed that, when asked whether onshore wind projects could access the new CFD auction, UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd had told the House of Commons: “In respect of contracts for difference, we would be implementing the terms of our manifesto”. This announcement came less than a week after Ms Rudd announced the early closure of the Renewables Obligation scheme, imperilling 250 onshore wind projects. Speaking at his organisation’s Onshore Wind Conference in Edinburgh yesterday, Mr Stuart said: “Yesterday’s announcement serves to further undermine the confidence of Scotland’s onshore wind industry.
Much time is required and significant legislation needs to be enacted before the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) can start in earnest. It will first need state-aid approval, to get a structure up and running, and then legislation to agree to borrowing powers for its initial £3 billion capitalisation - a process expected to take until 2015.
The three key ingredients for the development of onshore wind are all strongly present in Aberdeenshire.