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Energy Storage Solution for the UK: Large Scale Pumped-Storage Site
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Most people have assumed that the UK does not have enough feasible pumped-storage potential for a renewable energy revolution to take place. Intermittency is the biggest challenge for wind energy in the UK.[read more]
Grid Approvals Needed Immediately for 3rd Round of Offshore Wind Farms
Grid upgrades need to be approved immediately if the wind energy industry is to avoid delays in the build-out of new offshore wind farms according to the British Wind Energy Association. The announcement of the 3rd round of UK offshore wind farms made by the Crown Estate on Friday could lead to a quarter of the UK’s electricity coming...[read more]
Lib Dems MP Stands up For Wind Turbines
Cheltenham Lib Dem MP Martin Horwood stood up for wind energy this week, opposing a bill for a new rule dictating wind turbines should be 2km from houses. The bill introduced by a few anti wind energy MP’s could bring an overnight halt to the UK’s renewable energy progress if passed. Horwood explained the problem with an example close...[read more]
Its not your back yard, its OURS says Prescott
“Its not your back yard, its ours” Rt Hon John Prescott told anti- wind farm campaigners in his keynote address to the British Wind Energy Association conference today. The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) opened its 31st annual conference and exhibition at Liverpool’s ACC this morning with the speech from the ex deputy PM....[read more]
Wind Energy Unreliability Myth Dismissed
The British Wind Energy Association have declared this month that the myth of wind energy intermittency problems has been debunked. A report published by a coalition of environmental NGO’s is the third this year to conclude that the variability of the wind is not the problem many people say it is when it comes to supplying a significant...[read more]
Opposing Wind Farms Should be Socially Unacceptable says Ed Miliband
The new UK climate change film ‘The Age of Stupid‘ was screened in London for the first time today. Speaking at the screening, Ed Miliband urged people to support their local wind energy projects. Miliband - Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change said “The government needs to be saying, it is socially...[read more]
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