Gordon Brown to reveal £100 billion wind project winners
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown will confirm this week the winners of the auction to construct the country's next giant offshore wind farms to deliver over 25GW of renewable energy. The prime minister is planned to attend the awarding ceremony ...
by Beth Williams January 4th, 2010
RSPB wants wind turbines away from bird breeding areas
Britain’s highland birds are in threat of being driven off mountains and hills by onshore wind farms. Ornithologists have found that birds, such as buzzards, golden plovers, red grouse and curlews, are abandoning their breeding grounds around wind farms. They said ...
by admin January 1st, 2010
Warwick Energy faces oppositions in Norfolk wind farm project
Warwick Energy, planning to construct a £1.3 billion worth of wind turbines which could produce over one per cent of the country’s required energy, is to submit a planning permission for Norfolk’s offshore wind farm. The energy company has various experiences ...
by editor December 21st, 2009
Green campaigner pushes for turbine noise guideline revision
Environmental Protection UK urges the government to revise its guideline on wind turbine installation. The pro-environment group informs that the UK’s current wind turbines are too large that the noise emitted from the rotating blades could have an effect to ...
by Emma Young November 30th, 2009
Martin Horwood counters bill on wind turbine distance limits
MP Martin Horwood of Cheltenham stood up for wind energy to oppose the newly proposed bill that allows wind turbines to only be built 1.5 miles away from houses. Horwood believed that the bill could possibly have dreadful effects to the ...
by editor November 10th, 2009
Prescott Calls On Councillors to Meet Wind Farm Obligations
At the annual conference for the British Wind Energy Association, John Prescott, a former Deputy Prime Minister, said that local councils must be pressured to scout out appropriate sights for renewables such as wind energy. The former Deputy Prime Minister ...
by Tessa Clarke October 21st, 2009
Wind energy development facing obstacles
Though the Renewable Energy Strategy recently unveiled by Gordon Brown the British Prime Minister has been welcomed, the wind energy sector has claimed that there are obstacles standing in the rapid development of wind power generation facilities. Renewable Energy Systems which ...
by Emma Young July 2nd, 2008
Wind energy to beat nuclear energy
Leaders in wind energy in the United Kingdom have said that in the next five years the amount of energy that is generated from wind will surpass that generated from nuclear sources. Figures given by the British Wind Energy Association show that the installed wind energy generating capacity in the United
by Samantha Donovan June 7th, 2008
Energy firms and MoD agree on radars
The Ministry of Defence and several energy firms have come to an agreement in which they will jointly meet the costs of upgrading expensive radar equipment. This helped break an impasse that would have derailed various key offshore wind farms ...
by Lynnette Adamson June 6th, 2008
Wind farms Hailed As Lead In UK Renewables Effort
The UK wind industry is being hailed as the big winner following the European Commission's announcement yesterday of its climate change action plan. The UK must generate 15 per cent of its energy under the proposals from renewable sources by 2020. ...
by admin January 28th, 2008
