http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/2051 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:48:38 GMT Unsightly: ’Tourists will not come to Cumbria to look at “A Host of Golden Wind Turbines" ’ says Des Feely http://www.windaction.org/articles/2051 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38409 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:31:22 GMT Energy bills are rising so steeply that they could overtake mortgage repayments in parts of Britain in just five years' time, the chief executive of supplier, First Utility, has claimed. utility bill. Analysis by First Utility shows that UK dual-fuel bills have risen by an average of 8.5pc a year over the last five years to reach current levels of £1,420. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38409 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38280 Sun, 05 May 2013 12:55:35 GMT Power companies operating wind farms in Scotland were paid more than £1 million to shut down their turbines for a single day last month, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. ...The so-called "constraint payments" are paid by the National Grid to energy companies when energy supply outstrips demand - turbines are switched off so they stop producing electricity to rebalance the system. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38280 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37924 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:51:33 GMT A cross-industry group called the Powerline is to launch a scathing attack on the Bill, due to be given Royal Assent later this year, through advertising and social media. The business leaders are furious at what they see as the energy Bill's over-reliance on costly renewable energy at the expensive of traditional and lower-cost energy sources such as coal-fired and gas power stations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37924 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37874 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:52:02 GMT Energy Secretary insisted households will be better off due to initiatives but families will only benefit if they buy more efficient domestic appliances. Average bill is now £1,267 with £112 of that amount going on green taxes. By 2020 green taxes will have risen by over 150 per cent - £286 per family. Charity said government 'embarrassed by terrifying cost of green policies'. Claimed it is 'covering up' with a 'whitewash of wildly optimistic assumptions'. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37874 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37741 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:37:49 GMT "The rhetoric from the Scottish Government over recent years has given the clear impression that wind farms are worth the visual sacrifice because they are such a major source of employment. Yet now we learn that are only 2,000 employed thanks to wind farm developments." http://www.windaction.org/articles/37741 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37443 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:51:00 GMT Fuel bills will soar as green targets leave Britain reliant on expensive imported gas, the energy regulator warned yesterday. Alistair Buchanan, chief executive of Ofgem, also raised the spectre of 1970s-style blackouts because 10 per cent of coal and oil-fired power production is being shut down next month. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37443 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37441 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:00:48 GMT Households must prepare for a sharp rise in energy bills within two years as Britain comes "dangerously" close to power shortages, the chief executive of Ofgem has warned. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37441 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37149 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:56:43 GMT At the pre-inquiry a spokesperson for Welshpool Town Council will argue that ‘public opinion' should be taken into account, as this is not the case as things stand at present. The Mayor of Welshpool, Cllr John Meredith, said: "With such strong public feelings surrounding the proposals, surely it cannot be ignored?" http://www.windaction.org/articles/37149 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36969 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:41:06 GMT Scots are set to be hit with a multi-million-pound bill for ­hundreds of new wind turbines as experts warn that most will need to be replaced after only half their predicted lifespan. It is claimed household bills will rocket as energy firms prepare to renew two-thirds of the country's 188 wind farms by the end of the decade. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36969 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36878 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:39:03 GMT Set eight miles off the coast of Shoreham, it would form a landmark feature visible between Worthing and Brighton, with plans for between 150-195 turbines at the core of its design. According to the firm, the key to its proposals lie in utilising new technology which would enable turbines to be active more than 90 per cent of the time. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36878 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36587 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:04:26 GMT Households and businesses will have to pay £7.6billion a year towards the cost of building "greener" power stations by 2020. This is three times the current level of £2.35 billion per year, as bill-payers are forced to remunerate companies for several new nuclear plants, thousands of wind turbines and potentially "green" fossil fuel stations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36587 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36382 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:12:26 GMT VisitScotland's position emerged as a planning inquiry gets under way today into the Allt Duine wind farm, which would see 31 turbines built half-a-mile from the boundary of Cairngorms National Park. The intervention by the agency into the Lockerbie proposal comes days after Alex Salmond claimed wind farms "enhance our appeal as a country". http://www.windaction.org/articles/36382 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36379 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:43:48 GMT In an intervention likely to embarrass the Scottish Government, VisitScotland has said an application to put turbines on a site north of Dumfries could have a ‘detrimental effect' on tourism. Its statement comes after Alex Salmond claimed wind farms ‘enhance our appeal as a country'. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36379 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36281 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:04:23 GMT A proposed 20MW on-shore wind farm will increase the price of electricity for island customers. That's according to the Green Power Manx Group (GPMG) ...Instead it believes the money saved by not building a wind farm could be used to save considerably more CO2 in the short and long term. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36281 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35697 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:03:25 GMT Anti-windfarm activists are claiming a victory after homes near turbines had their council tax bills cut. Campaigners in Cumbria are viewing the Government decision as a step towards an admission that wind turbines do affect properties and their value. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35697 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35510 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:56:21 GMT The scheme is part of a £200billion programme to switch to ‘green' energy and build nuclear power stations to meet targets to cut carbon emissions. This wider scheme will also be funded by higher bills for families and businesses. The network of pylons is expected to trigger disputes amid fears that beautiful views will be destroyed. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35510 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35014 Sun, 20 May 2012 11:17:03 GMT The study challenges the Government's claims that energy bills will actually fall in the next eight years because of energy efficiency savings. The Coalition is relying on the savings to offset the price increases caused by renewable energy subsidies. Those extra costs are added on to household bills in the form of consumer subsidies. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35014 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34215 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:49:32 GMT Work on the development in Menie, Aberdeenshire, has been put on hold until a decision is made on an offshore wind farm proposal near the site. The postponement was announced last week and the Trump Organisation said any future work, including the building of a hotel, would now depend on the decision made by the Scottish Government regarding the application for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). http://www.windaction.org/articles/34215 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34099 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:47:11 GMT Wind farm developer Eneco has been criticised for failing to consult tourism bosses over plans to site turbines in Poole Bay. The proposed Navitus Bay wind park, which would see turbines of around 311 feet tall situated between 10 and 17 miles out to sea, would have a major impact on Bournemouth and Poole's tourism industry. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34099