Councillors reject wind farm plans
Proposals to develop a wind farm on the coast of Essex were turned down in dramatic fashion by councillors. The firm behind the wind energy scheme was Npower Renewables. Npower Renewables had put in an application to develop 5 wind energy turbines each rising to a height of four hundred and
by Emma Young June 21st, 2008
Wind farm likely to be approved
The erection of a wind farm and the regeneration of a rural Moray community will proceed simultaneously. This has been disclosed by the firm behind the planned move. The company behind the project is known as Infinergy. Infinergy has submitted an ...
by Justin Becks June 21st, 2008
Electricity prices expected to go up
Energy analysts are warning that the cost of electricity and gas could go up by as much as forty per cent before the year comes to an end. This translates to mean that the average household could end up incurring up ...
by Samantha Donovan June 20th, 2008
UK lagging behind in renewable energy
Members of parliament have claimed that the goals that have been set by the government for renewable electricity are not adequate. The members of parliament further claimed that there is also the danger of them not being met because of lack of focus and dynamism by the government. Some of the
by Emma Young June 20th, 2008
Power cuts in Wealdstone
Wealdstone has been hard hit by power outages in the last five days where there has been 3 blackouts recorded. This has left business people in the area reeling from losses encountered due to the power blackouts. For instance some shops had to be closed after the electricity went off along
by Jenson Brayshaw June 20th, 2008
Protest over wind farm
The families that are up in arms against a plan to set up a wind energy project close to their residential area have obtained more support than they thought they would. The wind turbines are planned to be one hundred ...
by Tessa Clarke June 19th, 2008
Wind farm gets approval
A wind energy project along the coast of Essex that has stirred controversy is set to obtain approval despite the protests the project has received from the locals living in the surrounding location where the wind farm is planned to ...
by Jason Drew June 19th, 2008
Public inquiry for wind farm
The firm behind the proposal to set up a wind energy project conversely situated from the Rothesay Bay has lodged an appeal against the move by the local councillors to refuse to grant the wind energy scheme the required planning ...
by Emma Young June 19th, 2008
Assembling of wind turbines delayed
Work has been delayed on the assembling of twenty six turbines for a wind farm that will be located on the Kent-Sussex border on a marshland. The area is known as Romney Marsh. The delay which lasted twenty four hours was ...
by Emma Young June 18th, 2008
Renewable energy for festival
During the Glastonbury Festival one of the main mobile network operators in the United Kingdom will provide a mobile phone recharging point which will use power that is exclusively generated from renewable energy sources namely the wind and the sun. The ...
by Jason Drew June 18th, 2008
Electricity use rises in Ireland
Homes in Ireland utilise close to thirty per cent more electricity than households in the rest of the European Union and twenty per cent more than households in the United Kingdom. Also the carbon dioxide emissions are double what the rest of the European Union emits. This is as per
by Emma Young June 18th, 2008
