The Press & Journal reports on a new windfarm proposal for the Western Isles at Lewis. Provisionally named Eisken East, the development will require an ok from the Scottish Government before its construction can begin.
Over at The Scotsman we have this slightly frightening headline...
Experts warn of power cuts as warm, dry weather creates a blow for wind turbine energy
...but a spokesperson from the National Grid, quoted in the article, states that the Grid is reliable. The report also finishes with a weekend weather forecast of 70mph gusts. I'm fairly sure that would have had a good effect on turbine energy harvests over the weekend?? It must have been mighty blowy right enough - even spotted entire broken tree branches on the pavements this morning!
Interesting opinion piece in today's Independent, written by Energy secretary Chris Huhne, who makes mention of locking in prosperity by locking out carbon. Groovy rhetoric, but wassit actually mean? Time will undoubtedly tell. Good to hear some well-balanced, thoughtful and constructive talk on green energy and industry in the rest of the article though.
And further afield (across the Atlantic to be exact) President Obama pledges a whopping two billion USD in subsidies for green companies, according to The Guardian.
Also some good news regarding green energy providers - this report in The Herald states that Scottish companies have significantly outperformed the Uk benchmark.
So, plenty to smile about this week. If any of you have anything to add or know any links to green stories we've missed, just drop us a comment - all comments welcome here at the blog.
Obama - head of the first green administration?
