Tag Archives: wind power

Wind power ‘disarray’

The Independent runs a major report today which claims the UK’s wind energy plans are in disarray.

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Blowin in the wind

As the world’s largest offshore wind farm opens off Kent, RenewableUK has sent through some interesting stats on wind energy capacity in the UK…

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Finding a home for windfarms

A new company is targeting Britain’s ugliest areas to build a string of new windfarms…

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Wind Farm in ‘strong public support’ shock

In what is probably the first case I’ve read about a local community has “demonstrated high levels of public support” for a wind farm.

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Prescott slams nimby crew

John Prescott has lambasted the nimby set for stopping vital wind farm developments across the UK. Read more »

Are the wind power lobby “ignorant extremists”?

Wind turbineWe talk a lot about wind farms on this blog but it’s rare to hear anyone describe their supporters as “ignorant extremists.”

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Wind row tests government promises

By Matthew Griffiths

As two dozen workers at a wind turbine plant on the Isle of Wight stage a sit-in about the facility’s imminent closure, energy secretary Ed Miliband’s recent promise of a boom in renewables sector jobs looks set to fall at the first hurdle.

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Scotland in ‘very windy’ shock

Domestic turbineLocation is everything when it comes to small scale wind turbines, according to a report from the Energy Saving Trust.

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Floating turbine could lift planning barriers

hywindWith wind turbine applications getting bogged down in the planning system, could an army of floating off-shore turbines be the answer?

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Wind farm approval rate ‘at 40%’

Just to update my earlier post, the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) have sent a press release over to mark the opening Europe’s largest onshore windfarm – Scotland’s Whitelee which has a capacity of 322MW, enough to power 180,000 homes, or a city the size of Glasgow.

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