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- wind power generators, are they right for you? Tue, 16 Nov 10, 11:07pmWind power generation sounds like a possible way to offset rising power bills, we look at the issues involved and if it is practical for you.
- Which Are The “Stranded Assets” Now? 2 days agoThe prediction that wind and solar assets will become “stranded” is fundamentally different, and fundamentally sounder, than the comparable prediction for fossil fuel assets...
- Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects Fri, 18 Jul 25, 8:52pmExclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warning to energy firms over new contracts
- BP agrees to sell US onshore wind business as it shifts back to oil Fri, 18 Jul 25, 9:03pmCompany to sell business for undisclosed sum to LS Power as part of plan to offload $20bn in assets
- Reform’s anti-renewables stance ‘putting jobs and energy bills at risk’ Thu, 17 Jul 25, 7:22pmIndustry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interest
- Clean energy should be a priority, not wuthering 'Brontë country' nostalgia | Letters Thu, 17 Jul 25, 3:00amReaders respond to an article by Simon Jenkins about a proposed windfarm in the Pennines
- Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins Mon, 14 Jul 25, 3:00pmOf course the climate crisis must be confronted, but history, tranquility and beauty must also count for something
- ‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zero Sun, 13 Jul 25, 4:00pmIn the fourth part of a series, we look at how climate orthodoxy is coming under fire in Lincolnshire
- Zonal pricing is dead. Now Miliband should be less absolutist on his 2030 goals | Nils Pratley Fri, 11 Jul 25, 4:36amThe imperative ought to be to bear down on costs for consumers, starting with a more pragmatic approach to generation targets
- UK government abandons energy ‘zonal pricing’ plan Thu, 10 Jul 25, 6:04pmPlan to split country into pricing zones dropped in favour of ‘fair and affordable’ single national price
- U.S. “renewables” mad scramble to build is on Thu, 10 Jul 25, 3:00amIt looks like the U.S. renewables industry is going to be scrambling financially. This is certain for the next twelve months and maybe long after that. Watching the mad scramble could be both enlightening and entertaining.
- Time for some straight talking on the cost of clean energy. It isn’t a free lunch | Nils Pratley Wed, 9 Jul 25, 1:30amUK ministers should update the public on the outlook for bills as the price of overhauling the system is adding up
- Concern Over Safety Of German Wind Turbines Heightens After 70-Meter Rotor Blade Snaps Off Wed, 2 Jul 25, 3:00pmA 70-metre-long rotor blade of a V150 wind turbine fell from a height of 123 meters at the Lübbenow wind farm in Germany, heightening concerns about the safety of wind turbines.
- King Charles to receive £132m next year after crown estate makes £1.1bn profit Tue, 1 Jul 25, 9:01amOffshore wind power boom helps push profit from land and property to more than double what it was two years ago
- CFACT report: Feds fail to “offset” wind turbine eagle kills Mon, 30 Jun 25, 7:00amAt a minimum, FWS should issue no new wind power eagle-kill permits until the glaring issues uncovered in this study are resolved. Accurate electrocution death rates must be determined. Given there are well over 100 million...
- Feds ignore their research on windmills killing eagles Fri, 27 Jun 25, 7:00pmIt looks like FWS has never implemented, or even publicly evaluated, any of DOE’s research products. The permits are issued under the Eagle Protection Act, which clearly calls for mitigating eagle deaths, and the DOE products...