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Great Expectations for North Sea Wind Power
RenewableUK, the UK renewable industry group, considers that the East of England could become a hub for trade in renewable energy with Scandinavian countries […]
UK Energy – Wind Turbines – Make UK Resilient
How do you make your energy market more able to resist the vagaries of fossil fuel prices? You install more wind turbines of course! […]
Shock! UK Wind Turbines Powered by Grid!
In a series of articles in certain areas of the UK media (essentially the usual anti-wind Not in My Back Yard suspects) it has […]
UK’s Renewable Energy Controversy
The UK’s Renewable Energy Foundation’s recent online report on renewable energy performance in the UK has provoked a storm of controversy. The report’s authors […]
UK – More Power from Wind than Nuclear
Before we all get too excited about the headline, I should say that this achievement was only managed for one day. Earlier this week, […]
Turbine Training Time
While most paramedics will seldom need to operate at anything other than street or road level, some could be called upon to care for […]
2013: A Green Year for Britain
It has been revealed from Government statistics just released that the United Kingdom generated almost 15% of its power from renewable sources last year. […]
UK Wind Turbine Record – Seals Loving It!
RenewableUK industry group reported that United Kingdom wind turbines generated a record 22 percent of the country’s electricity on Sunday 17 August 2014, beating […]
One Turbine – One Field And A Lot Of Bother
A long-running battle with campaigners over the building of a wind turbine could cost a Nottinghamshire council a staggering £80,000 in legal fees. The 66m […]
Partnership Between Fossil Fuels and Wind Power
You may be forgiven for thinking that fossil fuels and renewable energy don’t mix. But a UK company best known for supplying fossil fuel […]
Wind Power and Fashion
Wind power and fashion?? Do you mean to say that tall majestic functional wind turbines are now being seen as not just iconic, but […]
UK Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance Specialists
The UK is hoping to produce 15% of all its energy from renewable sources by 2020 to try to cut climate-warming emissions. While the […]
Number of UK Onshore Wind Turbines?
How can there be such a discrepancy between the figures quoted in the title? The answer lies in what you call a wind turbine […]
Idle Wind Turbine in Portsmouth
People in Portsmouth are angry. Portsmouth is the historic South coast of England town where Sir Francis Drake finished a game of bowls before […]
5 Major UK Offshore Wind projects Approved
Eight major renewable energy projects, expected to support 8,500 jobs, have been given government approval. They include 5 offshore wind projects and 3 Biomass […]
UK Conservative Party Ending Onshore Wind Subsidies
The U.K. Conservative Party has finally gone public with a policy many political commentators thought would be coming. They will end all subsidies to […]
UK Needs To Get its Wind Power Act Together!
Wind watchers and commentators around the globe have been confused and wrong-footed by the UK Government’s on/off like/dislike g0/stop attitude to the future of […]
UK Election – Wind Power Becomes Political
As UK’s coalition Government approaches the end of its tenure, the issue of wind power looks like becoming a key issue for voters. It […]
Siemens UK “Recognise Offshore Wind Energy”
It has just been announced that manufacturing giant Siemens and the UK’s Associated British Ports are to invest a total of £310m in UK […]
UK MP Proposes Restrictions on Wind Farms
While many see the UK as one of the leading European countries embracing wind power, there are dissenters in Parliament. Christopher hope is the […]
Climate Change UK: The Signs are Obvious
The consensus view has been that global warming and carbon pollution will bring about increasingly erratic, unpredictable, volatile and more extreme weather conditions. While […]
Twin Turbine Trouble in Derby, England.
There are two sides to every story and the pro-wind and anti-wind lobbies’ arguments can be seen in a microcosm in a corner of […]
UK Energy Minister Hypocricy
The UK Energy Minister is Michael Fallon and he has been exposed of having dual standards and being hypocritical unfairly in laying into the […]
