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UK to pay public for generating green energy - but will it be enough?
Ecologist
1st February, 2010
Campaign groups believe the payments will be too low to encourage significant numbers of people to install small scale renewable energy in their homes and communities more...
Gordon Brown's figures for offshore wind are nonsense
Dan Box
18th January, 2010
Building offshore wind farms is great. Inaccurately quoting or massaging the figures that support them is not more...
When will we see green jobs in the UK?
Sam Bonham
13th January, 2010
Will the latest announcement of nine proposals for offshore wind projects and a promised £100bn worth of investment lead to new jobs in the UK or elsewhere? more...
Wind turbines have no impact on house prices
Ecologist
8th December, 2009
Ten-year survey of house sales in US finds wind turbines have no negative affect on market price despite public fears more...
Aberdeen turns from oil to renewables
Ecologist
18th August, 2009
Aberdeen attempts to move away from dependence on declining oil stocks with opening of new green energy centre more...
Vestas confirms closure of factories
James Randerson
12th August, 2009
Turbine maker says closures will balance demand, as boss criticises UK's commitment to wind and hints at redundancy reinstatement for protesters more...
Vestas wind protesters evicted
Ecologist
7th August, 2009
Lack of market for wind power in UK exposed as protest ends more...
Wind turbine factory protesters facing eviction
Ecologist
24th July, 2009
The continuing protest by workers at the Vestas wind turbine factory is shaming the government's green claims more...
Workers protest to save wind turbine factory
Ecologist
21st July, 2009
Lord Mandelson's plans for a green economy meet cold, hard reality as workers stage sit-in protest to save Vestas wind turbine factory from closure more...
Three positive reports hammer home wind message
Eifion Rees
13th July, 2009
Inconsistent wind is no impediment to the generation of electricity by turbines, three separate reports have concluded, as well as showing that the National Grid is more than able to cope with increased investment in wind energy more...
New offshore wind farms could power every UK home
Eifion Rees
26th June, 2009
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK more...
The case for harnessing renewable energy
Tim Helweg-Larsen and Tim Holmes
9th April, 2009
The authors of the recent Climate Safety report make the case for harnessing the UK's renewable energy resource. By Tim Helweg-Larsen and Tim Holmes more...
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Loopholes and scams dog ‘green’ energy
News
1st April, 2008
Green energy is coming under pressure to clean up its act after severe criticism of the Government’s attempts to change the rules on how renewable energy is calculated and further condemnation of the ‘splash and dash’ trading scam in biofuels. more...
Problems with renewables - land wars
Paul Kingsnorth
1st April, 2008
Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, of course, renewables begin to take up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a tricky debate. more...
Energy leapfrogging in China and India
Joanna Lewis
28th March, 2008
Two firms in the wind power sector illustrate how companies in the developing world can take advantage of increasing access to technological know-how, while staying within the bounds of intellectual property law, says Joanna Lewis. more...
US wind power generation grows 45% in 2007
News
23rd January, 2008
The American Wind Energy Association has announced that 2007 US wind power generation made up 30 per cent of all new power generation in 2007 with 5,244 megawatts of new wind turbines installed in 2007 can power about 1.5 million U.S. homes. more...
Energy companies profit from wind farms without building many more windmills
News
4th January, 2008
Subsidies paid to electricity generators through users bills are generating profits for the companies without translating into many new turbines. more...
US wants to cut 2020 emissions target
News
10th December, 2007
The United States is reported to be behind moves to drop tough targets for greenhouse gas emissions cuts, according to Reuters. more...
Power On - Wind
Jon Hughes and Mark Anslow
1st November, 2007
The UK has been described as the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of wind, with some 50 TWh of onshore and at least 450 TWh of offshore power available every year, well in excess of our current electricity demand.more...
UK trying to wriggle out of renewables commitments
News
15th October, 2007
A leaked document revealed by the Guardian over the summer showing how the Government was preparing to dodge its EU commitments on renewable energy has been borne out in a new round of EU talks. more...
A following wind for clean energy
News
5th October, 2007
The UK is now the second most attractive place in Europe in which to invest in renewable energy, and has attracted the attention of Californian power giant, Clipper Windpower. more...
Britain could be carbon-free by 2030
News
9th July, 2007
Britain could become a ‘carbon-free’ country in just twenty years, according to a new report published by the Wales-based Centre for Alternative Technology. more...
White papers may have silver lining
News
1st June, 2007
Last week's planning and energy white papers drew scorn from environmentalists for green-lighting out-of-town developments and nuclear power respectively. more...George Monbiot: No more wind turbines on land
News
29th May, 2007
Leading environmental campaigner and author George Monbiot has said that he believes land-based wind farms in the UK 'have reached saturation point', and that any future farms should be built at sea. more...
Planning restrictions on home energy to be lifted
News
4th April, 2007
Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly will announce plans today that will enable homeowners to fit solar panels and wind turbines without applying for planning permission, the Guardian reports. more...Members
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