Renewables generated triple the power of coal in 2017, UK figures show | Environment | The Guardian
Winds of change: Britain now generates twice as much electricity from wind as coal - The Conversation
Perhaps too successful:
Wind farms paid £100m to switch power off - Telegraph
Going green: UK sets renewable energy records - Sky News
Meanwhile, the less popular fracking alternative is forging ahead:
Fracking firm Cuadrilla given oil and gas go-ahead in West Sussex - Businessgreen
Fracking firm gets green light to test for oil at Balcombe … again | Business | The Guardian
Energy group Ineos to challenge Scotland's ban on fracking - Reuters
The 10:10 campainging group is asking for signatures to petition central government:
The system is rigged against onshore wind: sign our petition. | 10:10
Fracking vs onshore wind: the system isn't fair.
Head to a proposed wind turbine site, and all is still and empty. Nobody has been given permission to build wind turbines in England since 2015. Meanwhile in Lancashire, fracking company Cuadrilla are sharpening their drills - even though the local council and community has said no.
Public support for wind turbines has just reached an all-time high at 74%, while support for fracking - now at 13% - is at an all-time low. But the government’s totally out of step. . They’ve rigged the system in favour of fracking and against onshore wind. This means communities who want onshore wind cannot have it, while communities who don’t want fracking simply can’t refuse.
Anyone who wants to build anything needs to get planning permission before they can build. But in 2015, the government introduced new rules for wind turbine applications.
For fracking, meanwhile, the opposite is true. After fierce local opposition, the council in Lancashire turned down an application to frack the countryside near Little Plumpton. But central government stepped in and overturned the decision. Despite the local community doing everything they can to stop it, fracking is now due to begin there this month.
As Cuadrilla get ready to start the first fracking the UK’s seen in six years, we need to send an urgent message to the government about the kind of future we want.
We’re calling on the government to lift the ban on onshore wind and hand decision-making power over local energy projects back to local people.
Sign our petition to show the government that the British public want onshore wind front and centre of our efforts to tackle climate change.
Fracking vs onshore wind: the system isn't fair. — 10:10
The system is rigged against onshore wind: sign our petition. | 10:10
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