tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post8285820501636777255..comments2023-10-16T08:37:22.742+00:00Comments on An incredulous eye on the isles: An energy policy in search of logic...ElectricCrofterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495260997875836669noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-81711936540765729722010-01-09T22:07:34.744+00:002010-01-09T22:07:34.744+00:00re post 1.34pm.
Could the WHFP editorial have anyt...re post 1.34pm.<br />Could the WHFP editorial have anything to do with bitter Wee Brian being an AMEC director?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-63630949988813156832010-01-09T13:34:52.288+00:002010-01-09T13:34:52.288+00:00Its all so confused there is even a spat going on ...Its all so confused there is even a spat going on with our finest in the letter page of the WHFP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-6240895786300361402010-01-08T08:45:27.174+00:002010-01-08T08:45:27.174+00:00Looks like the skew now is towards offshore. This ...Looks like the skew now is towards offshore. This mornings press seems to back this up. So what now for onshore Lewis schemes?<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8447317.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-85211926452086476292010-01-07T17:51:53.701+00:002010-01-07T17:51:53.701+00:00You have suggested that the SNP are trying to be a...You have suggested that the SNP are trying to be all things to all men (and women), some green energy schemes are OK others are not, and this suggests they do not have a joined up policy on Green energy. And this is also true of many other of the SNP's policies.<br /><br />This in my view is what happens when a one trick party, i.e. independence for Scotland being their only reason for existing, gets into power. They have no idea what to do with all the other matters that government has to deal with.<br /> <br />They are neither left wing nor right wing yet to be in power they have to have the support of the electorate from both (all) sides of the political spectrum and as such they will always be unable to satisfy some or their supporters. This will inevitably lead to chaos and will only speed up the contempt that many voters already have for those we elect to govern us.<br /><br />Hopefully those who voted them into power will see how disastrous it has been for Scotland to have a one trick party in power and they will be consigned the SNP to the political dustbin at the next election.<br /><br />I don’t have a problem with political parties whose main aim is for independence for Scotland, what I do have a problem with is a party that has no other agenda other than independence.Captain Swinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172751636564598746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-33809825991597698842010-01-07T16:46:59.321+00:002010-01-07T16:46:59.321+00:00I think the original DTI paper in around 2001 put ...I think the original DTI paper in around 2001 put it at about £450 million and upwards. Don't suppose there would be much change out of that anyway but if we apply the Holyrood formula then I guess we can double it.<br /><br />SNP policy seems pretty clear to me = windfarms everywhere and wave when we can. Grid upgrades up the east coast and across the North Sea (EU project), so that we can trade Scottish wind power with the continental countries. <br /><br />Unfortunately I don't think the Western Isles are half as critical as people like to think. After all there are thousands of wind turbines already in planning or being built, and the UK is just about to announce another 25GW of offshore farms. It doesn't matter how much anyone talks it up, basically we boil down to around a hundred turbines at the end of a very long and potentially very expensive cable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-13421244143125992702010-01-07T16:01:45.947+00:002010-01-07T16:01:45.947+00:00So would they build amother link to accomodate oth...So would they build amother link to accomodate other schemes ie the one planned on Stornoway Trust, or did Jim Mather effectively cut these off yesterday. That is certainly the way I read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-85250600404883945202010-01-07T15:47:45.310+00:002010-01-07T15:47:45.310+00:00How much will a Stornoway to Ullapool link cost? T...How much will a Stornoway to Ullapool link cost? Then Ullapool to Beualy. All for just these three schemes. All for less than 300MW.<br /><br />Crap maths or this is a financial white elephant of mammoth proportions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-59298672003198697712010-01-07T15:27:05.740+00:002010-01-07T15:27:05.740+00:00in accordance with paragraph 5 "Hip"in accordance with paragraph 5 "Hip"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-33668688516635231072010-01-07T13:58:20.210+00:002010-01-07T13:58:20.210+00:00Found it - it seems that SSE have suspended the Pa...Found it - it seems that SSE have suspended the Pairc application. Not enough from Oppenheims scam and the pentland Road con to go down an interconnector at the moment then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-84448647847803344112010-01-07T13:46:47.282+00:002010-01-07T13:46:47.282+00:00It is in the documentation for the decision which ...It is in the documentation for the decision which is on the Government website. I guess it will have a link to it on the press release page for yesterday. It is in the list of projects connecting to the beauly Denny Line. Also it only lists Eishken at 159MW, which begs the question why CNES, HIE and co keep talking about it as 300MW. Although that is what the connection agreement is for at the National Grid, clearly the Government are not considering the big scheme to be a goer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-17403991503163238962010-01-07T13:20:20.231+00:002010-01-07T13:20:20.231+00:0012.02pm copy and paste the link that 8.50am has pr...12.02pm copy and paste the link that 8.50am has provided and that takes you to the relevant page on the Scottish exec's site. Open the file to reveal an excel spreadsheet. Note that the Viking wind farm on Shetland has also been suspended.<br /><br />Anyone know who was working Mather's strings on Newsnight last night? I thought he was going to start crying.Dr Evadnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03106629519215495848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-75410419161980784622010-01-07T12:02:35.652+00:002010-01-07T12:02:35.652+00:00anon 8:50 where is the link saying Pairc Wind farm...anon 8:50 where is the link saying Pairc Wind farm is suspended please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-17386468005704221302010-01-07T08:50:16.487+00:002010-01-07T08:50:16.487+00:00I have just perused the Government press release o...I have just perused the Government press release on this and note that the new line is full. The only ones who have bought into the new line are Eisgein, Pairc and Pentland Road. <br /><br />No wave farms, no LWP, no Point Power etc. Does this effectively mean these are all dead and buried now as there is no space on even the new grid line?<br /><br /><br />It also says that the Pairc windfarm is suspended. So much for Lomas and Randalls battle for the bogs<br /><br />http://tiny.cc/V6Gw7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com