Protests over wind farm
Locals who are not happy with plans to set up a wind farm near the Welsh border have held protests on the foothills of the site where the planned wind farm is likely to be situated. The protestors carried placards and banners as they marched up and down the road watched
by Emma Young June 5th, 2008
Wind energy project suffers cutbacks
A wind energy project in Purbeck which has been mired in controversy will now see the number of wind energy turbines reduced from the planned 6 to 3. This was disclosed by Alan Davies the planning officer of the district ...
by Emma Young June 4th, 2008
Nuclear power agenda unveiled
The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and the business secretary, John Hutton, are to engage in wooing international investors at a London meeting on the twelfth of June in a bid to attract investment in the development of new nuclear power ...
by Emma Young June 4th, 2008
London 2012 Games in search of green energy
The chairman of the London Olympics organising committee, Lord Coe has been holding discussions with the National Grid to look into ways of ensuring that the Olympics that will be held in London in 2012 will have no green house ...
by Jason Drew June 4th, 2008
SSE to sell stake
Scottish and Southern Energy has disclosed that it is going to dispose off a fifty per cent shareholding in the Greater Gabbard offshore wind turbine undertaking where it had forked out three billion sterling pounds. Ian Marchant, the Chief Executive Officer of Scottish and Southern Energy revealed that the energy utility
by Justin Becks June 4th, 2008
Nuclear energy receives backing
A former scientific adviser to the government has said that nuclear power would provide the extra energy that would be required as a result of increased demand when electric motor vehicles become more popular. Sir David King, the former scientific adviser ...
by Samantha Donovan June 4th, 2008
Power plant to be built in Louth
Sean Quinn the billionaire businessman has received approval to construct an electricity generating plant at a cost of three million euros in Co Louth. The planned electricity generating plant has a capacity for four hundred and fifty megawatts and will be ...
by Jenson Brayshaw June 4th, 2008
Wind farm opposed
The people who are opposed to the plan to set up a wind farm at Cumwhinton will soon express their opinions about the project. Bolsterstone Plc, which is the company behind the project will also be holding an exhibition. Bolsterstone Plc will install 3 wind energy turbines each of which will
by Jason Drew June 4th, 2008
British Energy to raise electricity prices
In the coming twenty four months the cost of electricity for suppliers could go up by over fifty per cent. This was said by the chief executive of British Energy. This is expected to push the energy costs higher for the ...
by Emma Young June 4th, 2008
Higher electricity prices in the offing
Though Scottish & Southern Energy has promised to be the last to increase energy prices further, it has also said that there was a possibility that this would be option too. Scottish & Southern Energy which owns Scottish Hydro-Electric and which has emerged as the second biggest provider of energy in
by Emma Young May 31st, 2008
Nuclear energy to reduce oil dependence
The UK prime minister has let it be known that expansion of the nuclear power generation capacity is top of his agenda as a way of reducing the nations dependence on oil. Gordon Brown has also sent out a warning that the era of high oil prices would be around
by Lynnette Adamson May 30th, 2008
