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Donald Trump has waded into Scottish politics once again, and once again spat his dummy out, and thrown his toy s out of his pram.  His claim s in recent newspaper and radio interviews is that if Scotland goes ahead with it's development of wind turbines off the coast of Balmedie, Aberdeenshire then we are all doomed, and that he will not build the hotel and houses that he had originally planned.  He has already halted work until the situation with the wind turbines is ratified, and has sent...Read Full Story

Australia’s solar flagship faced major setbacks and delays in the past few months, after a failure to enter a private financing deal another problem surfaced. According to Energy Minister Martin Ferguson a major issue that halted the progress of the project was a failure to establish a power purchase agreement with energy utilities for the solar farms. Australia’s solar flagship programs will establish the backbone of the country’s large scale solar power projects and data will serve as the...Read Full Story

According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), “Subsidies to companies that blend corn ethanol into gasoline, coupled with a mandate to market billions of gallons of that gasoline annually, cost taxpayers $6 billion a year.  Using corn for fuel leads to higher prices for corn and foods with corn ingredients – all for a program without significant environmental benefit.” http://www.cspinet.org/new/201110131.html But according to Straight Dope columnist Cecil Adams, the...Read Full Story

Biofuels have become a victim of their own success, it appears: for the first time in a decade global production has dropped. Production in 2011 dropped a touch from 1.822m barrels a day in 2010 to 1.819m in 2011, according to IEA statistics (p30) highlighted by the  Financial Times . The key reason has been the rising cost of the feedstock for most biofuels, corn, sugar and vegetable oil. And the main reason for the rising food prices is, many argue, the huge quantity consumed by biofuels...Read Full Story

The premium feed in tariff schemes run by the individual state governments of Australia have now closed for new applications in some states and the rest, except for Queensland, are nearing their caps. However installing a solar panel system is beneficial itself even without the premium rates initially paid by the scheme. Electricity cuts The feed in tariff pays eligible solar PV system owners a specific rate for every kilowatt fed back to the grid but if you are not able to apply before your...Read Full Story

Leasing Solar Panels Appeals to Less-Affluent : A new study has found that being able to purchase a rooftop solar panel system is often a privilege of the affluent, but that leasing rooftop solar panel systems is an increasingly popular option for those who simply don’t have the money to pay up front. Asked time and time again what one can do for the environment, our answers are often dependent upon our income. In most cases, one of the biggest items — like installing solar panels — is for...Read Full Story