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Tesco to Sell Feed in Tariff Solar Panels
Supermarket giant Tesco is to start selling solar panels in the UK according to the Timesonline today. The UK Feed In Tariff is programmed to start on Thursday 1st April and expected to result in a substantial number of people starting to generate...
GE to Create 2000 Green Jobs in the UK
Wind turbine manufacturer GE announced this week that it plans to spend 110m Euros (US$147m) and create up to 2000 green jobs in the UK. The company is to join other wind turbine manufacturers who have recently decided to invest heavily in...
Conservative Energy Policy Goes Live
The Conservatives want to put in place an offshore wind energy grid and “take the poison out of onshore wind” according to their energy policy released this week. Shadow Prime Minister David Cameron says the Conservative policy paper “Rebuilding...
China Pilots Battery Storage Project
The Chinese State Grid company is to join the energy storage seekers this year according to state news agency Xinhua this week. The State Grid is set to build a pilot integrated renewable energy power storage system this year utilising battery...
Micro Renewable Energy Generators Seek Higher Feed in Tariff
UK guaranteed green electricity tariffs are creating serious interest in small scale renewable energy generation this year. There is however a group of people not so happy about the detail of the feed in tariff proposals. For the pioneers who...
Infrastructure Planning Commission Lift Off
The UK’s new Infrastructure Planning Commission opened its doors to major infrastructure planning applications this week. The first applications are anticipated from the energy and transport sectors including several wind farm proposals (Atlantic...
Centrica CEO Doubts Offshore Wind Farm Delivery
The CEO of British Gas owned company Centrica has warned that the delivery of a 3rd round of UK offshore wind farms is “questionable”. Centrica CEO Sam Laidlaw told Timesonline today that the company has doubts as to whether the proposed 32...
Conservative Proposals for ‘Open Source’ Planning
Newly announced Conservative proposals for the UK Planning system would make it harder for wind energy companies to build wind farms without the support of immediate neighbours. The Tories say that on-shore wind farms are not appropriate in all...
Advertising Standards Agency Rule Against Wind Farm Protestors
The UK Advertising Agency (ASA) has this week ordered anti- wind farm campaigners to stop using misleading material in their leaflets. The leaflet produced by a campaign group ‘Vale Villagers Against Scottish Power’ was designed to create fear in...
Climate Challenges at Canadian Wind Farm Site
Wind energy companies are treading new ground this month by trialling wind turbines at extreme low temperatures in Canada. The Wind Energy TechnoCentre is the developer and owner of a new 2 turbine trial project known as “Site Nordique Experimental...
Storm Brews Over UK Electricity Needs
Electricity regulator ‘Ofcom’ announced this week that there is doubt over the energy market delivering sustainable electricity supplies for British needs. Ofgem blames the global financial crisis, tough environmental targets, increasing gas import...
Excitement over Green Energy Fixed Payment Rate
The UK wind energy sector, householders and community groups have welcomed new fixed electricity payment tariffs for small scale renewable energy technologies announced today. The UK government is set to put in place the ‘feed in’ tariffs for...
