BBC Spotlight is the most watched TV programme in the South West of England. Thanks to Stephen Barns for adding this: You might like to check out my public twitter list of 203 (and counting) journalists in Northern Ireland. An Invest NI brochure from 2015, laying out all the financial benefits of investing in a single turbine, said a four-year payback period was possible. At a preview event this week, the team explained that they have chosen not to try to tell ‘the definitive story’ of the Troubles. Single turbines generate just 13% of our electricity from wind and yet get 40% of the subsidy for wind power. Mr Rice said he believed the turbine was put nearer to his home because it was higher and therefore windier, and "more wind means more money". From badminton player to prize-winning Nasa scientist. Their architects believed that their clients could double their income in ROCs by doing so. Conor Spackman investigates a controversial green energy scheme. Spotlight goes behind the scenes in one of Northern Ireland’s women’s refuges. [S] Spotlight is the name given to a BBC Northern Ireland weekly current affairs programme. Spotlight at 40 — Spotlight at 40 Some of Our Former Reporters On the 40th Anniversary of Spotlight we take a look back at a selection of our past reporters from the '70's and 80's. The big energy companies then pass the cost of all the ROCs on to us through our electricity bills. In Northern Ireland, a domestic abuse call is made to the police on average every 17 minutes. Read about our approach to external linking. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}Fifteen years ago, hardly any of the electricity we use in Northern Ireland came from renewable sources like wind and solar power. Even with its output restricted, a derated turbine with bigger blades spins at the maximum capacity for longer than a 250kW turbine, earning more money. Pandemic: Domestic Abuse Spotlight goes behind the scenes in one of Northern Ireland’s women’s refuges. The number of ROCs paid to single turbine owners in Northern Ireland has become controversial. He also made a … Conor Spackman investigates the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cancer patients. It was presented by the reporter Julian O’Nell, and was built around interviews and statements from a … © 2020 BBC. Industry sources have told BBC NI's Spotlight programme that an eight-year payback period is more likely to be accurate. ... BBC Spotlight hired an outdoor screen as part of filming for a forthcoming 'review of the year' programme. The Audit Office report said that after 2014, Northern Ireland's scheme became more generous than the equivalent scheme in the rest of the UK, but did not say by how much. I've worked as a reporter and a producer on all of the above programmes delivering original, agenda setting stories or studio/gallery producing live output. Spotlight on role of NI secretary ... Mr Browne told BBC News: "Northern Ireland needs a distinctive voice at the cabinet table and I think there will be a need for a secretary of state for the foreseeable future." In the six years the turbine was in the wrong place, it earned, by Spotlight's calculations, approximately £600,000 in ROCs. SPOTLIGHT – Fear and Loathing in Quinn Country, a television programme centred on the barbaric abduction of Mannok (formally Quinn Industrial Holdings - QIH) director Kevin Lunney in September, 2019, has won a prestigious award at the sixth annual Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland (RTS NI) Programme Awards. Renewable NI has made a formal complaint to the Audit Office and its own accountants' report will undoubtedly contribute further fuel to the argument about costs and benefits. VideoWhat impact has Covid had on global climate? A BBC Spotlight programme, aired last night, has revealed that Dr Michael Watt, the Consultant Neurologist at the centre of the large patient recall by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, carried out hundreds of unnecessary procedures. .css-1xgx53b-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-1xgx53b-Link:hover,.css-1xgx53b-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. April 11, 2012 at 5:45 pm. "And that they didn't envisage the ways that people's behaviour may change. Four of BBC News NI’s longest serving on screen journalists have taken the decision to leave BBC Northern Ireland. Just follow this one list, and they all appear in your timeline. Nonetheless, it took six years to get it moved to where it had planning permission. Eight hundred of them have sprung up around us in the past 15 years. By contrast, a turbine of the same size in a wind farm would have earned about £60,000 for the same amount of power. This Spotlight programme is now available to watch on the BBC iPlayer. It said our rate of payment was based on technology costs in Northern Ireland and it did not accept that it should have cut back just because Westminster did. Business Journalist in BBC Northern Ireland. BBC Spotlight, Plymouth. The focus has fallen particularly on single turbines. Renewable energy body lodges complaint over NI Audit Office report, How bad information went viral in 2020. Unemployment too. TV debate on the issues of the day, with Jim Fitzpatrick and a studio panel. How effective is Stormont’s test and trace strategy to reduce the spread of coronavirus? Mrs Foster told Spotlight she was content her decisions on the pay-out were based on evidence and advice from experts about technology costs. Conor Spackman investigates a controversial green energy scheme set to cost electricity billpayers across the UK billions over the next 20 years. By Conor Spackman and Claire IrwinBBC Spotlight. 14:00-16:00. The programme will be broadcast tonight at 9pm on BBC One NI and BBC Four. SDLP economy spokesperson Sinead McLaughlin told Spotlight that even if the renewables industry is right about the costs, the subsidy is still substantial. However, the Audit Office's calculations have been described as "deeply flawed" by a body representing turbine owners. Undoubtedly it will be the most eagerly awaited hearing of the PAC since its hearings four years ago into another green scheme - the now infamous Renewable Heat Incentive. In the year to March 2020, we calculate the business made almost £390,000 in ROCs from the new turbines. I'm sure they did the calculations looking at what were the standard 225kW turbines that were available on sale at the time. The NIRO encouraged renewable energy generation through a financial incentive, a subsidy. Prof Hughes told Spotlight: "I'm sure they didn't envisage that it would happen in that kind of way. What impact has Covid had on global climate? The BBC’s Spotlight team will start broadcasting a series of seven weekly films this Tuesday evening (8.30pm on BBC One NI and network BBC Four). Presented by Noel Thompson, the programme is your chance to put a question or comment to a panel of invited guests, on issues affecting your lives. By Conor Macauley BBC NI Agriculture & Environment Correspondent. Live. Industry sources have told BBC NI’s Spotlight programme that an eight-year payback period is more likely to be accurate. Another issue explored by Spotlight was how ROCs can still be paid even if the turbine does not have planning permission. Spotlight's investigation revealed that by 2016, when the scheme closed, the NI scheme was four times more generous. playWhat impact has Covid had on global climate? A portfolio of 52 turbines, owned by a Northern Ireland-based business, was bought by the Royal Bank of Scotland pension fund. Episode One can be viewed now on the BBC … There are three times as many single turbines per square mile in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK. Episode two of Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History will be shown on September 17 at 9pm on BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC Four. T he sixth episode of BBC NI's Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History, claims there were three key gunmen in the notorious Mid-Ulster LVF, led in … Was a 'green' scheme as friendly to our environment as it should have been? Covid Cases are up. Renewable NI has commissioned its own report into the costs and benefits of turbines, which is due to be published before Christmas. Just under a minute later, a breakdown graphic appeared, accompanied by a verbal apology from the announcer. Stephen Dempster uncovers a secret MI5/PSNI review of ongoing paramilitary activity in NI. BBC Spotlight is the most watched TV programme in the South West of England. The new BBC documentary series 'Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History' airs on 10 September 2019. The Department for the Economy told Spotlight the level of incentive was based on available evidence and had helped it hit its green target two years early. The last episode (8 Feb) of the BBC NI current affairs programme Spotlight was investigation into the water crisis that affected the north over the Christmas/New Year. "I don't want to demonise the investors. There are three times as many single turbines per square mile in … BBC NI: Sheridan Tongue – Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History; Rollem Productions: Andrew Simon McAllister – My Left Nut; DoubleBand Films: Mark Gordon, Neil Martin, Richard Hill, Charles Graham – Lost Lives; News Coverage. UTV: UTV Live at Six He spent 12 years as a reporter on the flagship current affairs programme Spotlight, and was appointed investigations correspondent for BBC News NI five years ago. And because the scheme lasts for 20 years from joining, that would mean 16 very good years for those investing. The fund has added two more turbines since, including two big earners in north Antrim. 36,870 talking about this. Mandy McAuley looks at the impact of the second Covid-19 wave on the NI health service. There is nothing in the scheme's rules - either here or in the equivalent scheme in GB to prevent derating. However, the practice raises the prospect of the scheme being more generous than was intended by those who set it up. But the scheme that did much of the heavy lifting to get us there, the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation (NIRO), is under ongoing scrutiny. In the year to March 2020, renewable sources provided almost 47% of our power, easily hitting the Northern Ireland Executive's target of 40% by 2020. 30 November ... RenewableNI said it understood that BBC Spotlight was working on a … Published. BBC Northern Ireland's rural affairs correspondent ... irony of the situation is not lost on a local industry which has been under pressure to clean up its act following a BBC Spotlight investigation which found that hundreds of workers were being trafficked from Eastern Europe to provide cheap labour on Northern Ireland farms. 212K likes. If you provide a very lucrative scheme, you will be absolutely completely assured you get pick up from investors.". In return for the electricity they generate, owners of wind turbines are given what are known as Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs). Video, 2020 and me: 'I know the value of family more' Video, 2020 and me: 'I know the value of family more', What impact has Covid had on global climate? Investigating what Brexit may mean for the cost of your supermarket shop and online buying. Economist Prof Gordon Hughes told Spotlight he believes a derated turbine could get its owners their initial costs back in just two years, with 18 years of income to meet ongoing costs. The controversy over single turbines is not over. He worked as a reporter on BBC NI’s Spotlight, as well as a stand in presenter on all of BBC Radio Ulster’s current affairs programmes and The Nolan Show. Polluting fossil fuels, many of them sourced from distant lands, were our staple. It is a remarkable achievement, good news for the environment and our energy security. Damien Rice, from Castlewellan, told Spotlight that in 2013, without him receiving any prior notification, a turbine went up beside his house. Renewable NI has commissioned its own report into the costs and benefits of turbines, which is due to be published before Christmas. It also claimed the Audit Office based its calculation on a single turbine. What happens to your body in extreme heat? The latest BBC Spotlight NI news from Newstalk. Those between 50kW and 250kW, the kind we have all grown more used to seeing, spinning in solitude in our verdant landscape. Mandy McAuley looks at the impact of the second Covid-19 wave on the NI health service. 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Renewable NI said the Audit Office, which stands over its conclusions, significantly underestimated the costs involved, including the cost of the turbine. It is a view which is echoed by the man who hopes to … Alannah said the turning point for her was when she thought she “could die”. One, outside Dunloy, earned, by our estimation, about £260,000 in ROCs in the year to March 2020, easily outstripping the £95,000 cited as a typical income in the Audit Office report. She added that no-one in business would design a scheme in the way the department had. Perhaps the most striking aspect of the NIRO wind scheme is how it incentivises owners of bigger turbines to deliberately restrict their output to earn more money. Shortly after 11pm, the picture froze. BBC NI: Spotlight – Fear and Loathing in Quinn Country; Original Music Score. It launched on 20 April 1961. The value of ROCs from single turbines was well illustrated in 2018. Cloughmills businessmen Brian and Liam McGuckian have replaced two 250kW turbines with 900kW turbines which have been derated. 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BBC Northern Ireland 09:44, 26 DEC 2020. "A wily business person would see that as an over-incentive and a way to lose money quickly.". She suffered abuse in a former relationship in London. But being in breach of planning permission made no difference to the payment of ROCs. DavySims. Spotlight is the BBC's regional TV news programme for the South West of England, covering Cornwall, Devon, Isles of Scilly, southern and western Somerset, western Dorset and the Channel Islands.There is also a special version of the programme for viewers in the Channel Islands. Video. The breakdown music seemed to be inadvertently dipped early on. "If it was half, it still would be very, very generous" said Ms McLaughlin. Presented by Mandy McAuley, Jennifer O’Leary and Darragh McIntyre, it will be broadcast simultaneously on BBC One NI and BBC Four. Can politicians save lives without killing jobs? Read about our approach to external linking. 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ROCs are as good as cash because big energy suppliers buy them, currently at a price of about £50 per ROC, to prove that some of the electricity they have supplied has come from renewable sources. The department told Spotlight Prof Hughes had shown no evidence he had the necessary information to make his calculations. That's very common in economic policy.". The cost matters because we're all paying for it through our electricity bills. Was this part of the scheme more costly than it needed to be? Also in HD. The programme is aired on BBC1 Northern Ireland at 10:35pm (and sometimes early) on Tuesday evenings, with a repeat on BBC2. By Philip Bradfield Wednesday, 7th October 2020, 5:40 pm 2020 began with a united Stormont Executive - but has the pandemic pulled them apart? Attention will then be focused on Stormont's Public Accounts Committee, which is due to hold a hearing on the Audit Office's findings in the new year. An opportunity for people to ask questions that matters to them to a panel of politicians and others. The rate was set by Stormont's Department for Enterprise, now known as the Department for the Economy, when First Minister Arlene Foster was at its helm. BBC Northern Ireland's current affairs programme Spotlight was disrupted last night by a technical fault. Domestic abuse survivors in Northern Ireland have told their story to BBC Spotlight. Spotlight's investigation revealed that by 2016, when the scheme closed, the NI scheme was four times more generous. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Brian and Liam McGuckian said any public concern about the scheme was a matter for those in charge of it. After the hum of the turbine caused sleepless nights for him and his family, Mr Rice quickly discovered it was in the wrong place. Covid cases rise in the UK as the number of people in England's hospitals goes above the first peak. 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