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World’s biggest wind farm planned for off south coast of England
The world’s biggest wind farm is being planned off England’s south coast. In 2010, the Crown Estate, which manages the sea bed off Britain’s coastline, held an auction to develop large scale, offshore wind farms around the UK Photo: REX … Continue reading
Support for wind energy remains strong
Any suggestion that investment in UK wind energy is ‘grinding to a halt’ does not chime with reality Wind turbines in a field of corn. Photograph: Graeme Robertson In a series of articles this week, you reported on some of … Continue reading
Local communities ‘can’t fight unwanted wind farms’
Local communities have no chance of fighting “unwanted” on-shore wind farms” under the Government’s planning reforms, a group of academics, politicians and celebrities warns today. Critics of wind farms claim they are inefficient because the weather dictates when they can … Continue reading
So grand, so gentle: wind technology in tune with the natural world
The offshore wind turbines in the Thanet field look like ‘monuments to optimism, common sense and human daring’ The Thanet windfarm off the coast of Ramsgate in Kent became the world’s largest site of its type when it opened in … Continue reading
Wind industry’s extensive lobbying to preserve subsidies and defeat local resistance to turbines
The full extent of lobbying by Britain’s wind industry to preserve subsidies while getting thousands of new turbines built can be revealed. While lobbying is taking place nationally, developers are also employing lobbying tactics on the ground to get wind … Continue reading
Marshaling the Winds of Mongolia
Construction is to begin in March on Mongolia’s first wind farm, and its backers hope it will be the beginning of a renewable energy boom. Mongolia’s first wind installation is a $120 million project that will provide 5 percent of … Continue reading
Feed-in tariff sees solar panel installation breakthrough
Since the scheme was launched in 2010, the amount of the renewable energy has grown by more than 41 times Since the scheme launched, the amount of solar has grown by more than 41 times. Photograph: Simon Burt/PA Explosive growth … Continue reading
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US wind industry warns 37,000 jobs at risk if tax credit lapses
American Wind Energy Association urges Congress to extend tax credit after measure is excluded from payroll tax bill A windfarm near Palm Springs, California. Tax credits for US wind power appear unlikely to get an extension. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images … Continue reading
Surplus Renewable Energy: An Update
Last year I wrote about sudden surges in renewable energy that set up a conflict between wind producers in the Pacific Northwest and the Bonneville Power Administration, a federal agency that runs hydroelectric dams and the regional grid. When unseasonable … Continue reading
Renewables must benefit coastal communities says Aldous
Waveney MP Peter Aldous said it is a pivotal time for the renewable energy industry in the east Energy Minister Charles Hendry has said the eastern region is well placed to take advantage of the growing demand for new and … Continue reading
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