Search Results for: "wind energy"
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...infancy. As Professor Bahaj points out renewable energy from marine currents is “10 years behind wind energy” and it took wind energy 20 years to become commercially viable. It is still...
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Solar and wind energy companies are still on track and see opportunities for growth despite the financial crisis and tumbling share prices. [summary]That was the message coming out of the...
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...Vattenfall has signalled its intention for a major push into the UK wind market, buying up AMEC Wind Energy Limited for around £126.6 million.[summary]The cash buy gives Vattenfall 100...
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...gigawatts in the future. That's enough electricity for every home in the country."At the British Wind Energy Association conference this week, Maria McCaffery, its chief executive, said:...
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...to the Renewables Obligation beyond 2027,” said Maria McCaffery, chief executive of the British Wind Energy Association. “If we have Round 3 projects coming on line from 2015, under the...
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...market. "Vestas is very committed to the UK market and has been present from the very start of wind energy in Great Britain," Finn Strøm Madsen, president of the company's research and...
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...not be stronger.”Maria McCaffery, chief executive of renewable energy trade body, the British Wind Energy Association, also welcomed the report, saying: “By 2020 there could be over 30GW of...
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...installed expected to grow to 1.8 GW within the next 24 months,” said a spokesman for the British Wind Energy Association.The other offshore wind farm off the coast of North Wales is Burbo...
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...assessment, which demonstrated that the site at Cheverton met all the planning requirements for wind energy development “at a local, regional and national level. “The existing consent has...
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...electricity coming from renewable resources by 2025, leading to major investment in solar and wind energy. Government mandates to phase-out incandescent and poor-performing light bulbs in...
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...Allen, chief executive officer at Iskra, a small wind turbine manufacturer, commented: "The new wind energy yield assessment tool will be very valuable for us and prospective customers as...
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...new renewables and nuclear power stations can be connected to the electricity grid.The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), which hopes to play a major part in this expansion of the...
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...natural advantages in this respect: last December the region was identified by the British Wind Energy Association as an ideal site for a UK wind industry hub, for example. But it has...
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Louise Bateman reports on a UK wind energy sector that is trying to muster up the strength to meet the country’s 2020 renewable targets, but is looking increasingly battered.[summary]The wind...
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...advantage in developing offshore renewable – with a quarter of Europe's tidal and offshore wind energy resource, and a world class scientific capacity and skills base. Developers are...
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...the question is why has the take up been as slow as it has?Indeed, according to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), small wind systems have the potential to deliver 1.3 gigawatts of...
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...action has trailed far behind. Tomorrow’s Budget is the chance to change all that.”The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) is also looking for tomorrow’s Budget to trigger change. In a...
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...to two ROCs for the financial year 2009-2010, and fall back to 1.75 ROCs in 2010-11.The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) has been lobbying for both the freeing up of European...
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...has today launched a multi-million pound global competition to help cut the cost of offshore wind energy.[summary]Up to £20 million has been earmarked for the project, which will be...
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...but four modern wind turbines already exist on the site. The turbines, located on an exceptional wind energy site, have widespread local support, are community-owned and were only replaced...
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...Europe for its decision, but it also said planning delays in the UK market made investing in wind energy in Britain unviable, while expansion of its operations in the US was leading to...
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...Wales is required.The plans were announced by Climate Change Minister, Lord Hunt, at the British Wind Energy Association’s (BWEA) Wave and Tidal 09 conference. “The marine energy sector has...
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...The weak pound, means export revenues for UK companies doubled in 2008, according to the British Wind Energy Association.Evance's four new distributors are Shetland Wind Power in...
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The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) says Northern Ireland could generate 42 per cent of its electricity from renewables by 2020, but this target could be severely hampered if draft...
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...Programme (NWIP) aims to bring together industrial and technological capacity for
offshore wind energy and drive innovation in the sector primarily through the provision of a £2.6...
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...how long it will take homeowners and businesses to recover the costs of installing solar and wind energy micro power generation equipment, it also recommends the most cost-effective form of...
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...of the wind industry.[summary]In a statement that has provoked an angry response from the wind energy industry, The National Alliance of Wind Farm Action Groups (NAWAG) pulls no punches,...
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...to the 8GW already built or planned.[summary]The announcement came in the same week the World Wind Energy Association predicted that global wind power production capacity will grow by a...
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...number of technicians that can be trained and enhance our reputation as the leading provider of wind energy skills training in the UK.”Narec (New and Renewable Energy Centre) and energy...
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...people.Unsurprisingly, the Carbon Trust’s proposals have been warmly welcomed by the British Wind Energy Association. Its ceo Maria Mcaffery said: “Tailoring UK financial support to...
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In a move to help drive the growth of the UK offshore wind energy industry, the Crown Estate has announced it is to extend leases for round one and two offshore wind operations for up to 50...
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...with wind variability by as much as 30 per cent.Maria McCaffery, chief executive of the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) warmly welcomed the report, saying: “For some years now BWEA...
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...the South West, will not even reach a third of their targets, according to a report from British Wind Energy Association (BWEA).[summary]In ‘England’s Regional Renewable Energy Targets:...
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...disposal and recycling. The HSE produced horizon scanning documents on biomass and wind energy in February this year.
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A package of funding for the wind energy industry announced by Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband yesterday, includes more than £6 million for Vestas Technology UK's offshore wind...
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...renewable energy, but that this support can be fragile, particularly for biomass and on-shore wind energy,” said lead researcher Dr Patrick Devine-Wright from The University of...
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...from 50 MW to 65 MW. Consent for the extension was applied for in January this year by Millennium Wind Energy Ltd. The two developments are expected to create 100 construction jobs and five...
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Oxford City Council has joined forces with the Carbon Trust to run a commercial-scale wind energy development on its land.[summary]The single commercial wind turbine, to be hosted at the...
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Northern Ireland Wind power solutions company Vertical Wind Energy
(VWE) is expanding into North East England following a £1 million
venture capital investment round.[summary]VWE is...
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...the Defra research into conservation banking schemes is drawing support from the British Wind Energy Association as well as the Residents Against Turbine lobby group. While no final...
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The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) has questioned the credibility of US research claiming to show that living close to wind turbines can cause ill health. [summary]The research was...
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Wind energy will be the key driver in meeting Northern Ireland's "challenging" renewable energy targets, according to the nation's Environment Minister.[summary]Northern Ireland currently...
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A renewables management and construction company based on the River Tees is to build a prototype of the first wave power system that can be deployed at the site of an existing offshore wind farm,...
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...for the largest wind turbine in the world.[summary]The grant was one of three awarded to offshore wind energy companies, announced by Energy and Climate Secretary Ed Miliband at the TUC...
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...to keep afloat, grow or adapt strategically to the tough environment". The report identifies how wind energy companies around the world have been involved in mergers and acquisitions and...
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...such as wind and by ensuring that the Grid be is extended out to sea to bring more marine and wind energy capacity online. To get over the problems of planning for onshore wind farms, he...
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...more efficient and proven at the right scale for market roll-out.Under the proposals, wind energy research would get €6 billion (£5.5 billion) over the next decade, nuclear...
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Tarmac has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Welsh wind energy producers, Nuon Renewables – the first PPA of its kind in the construction industry. [summary]The PPA allows Tarmac to...
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...two countries' innovation of renewable energy and support mutual goals of increasing supplies of wind energy, solar power and biofuels. The agreement, signed by Mr Deepak Gupta, Secretary...
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...from NATS (formerly National Air Traffic Services) are currently holding up over 5 GW of wind energy in the planning system and a further 5.5 GW in early stages of development.Aviation...
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...controllers. Aviation objections are said to be currently holding up over five gigawatts (GW) of wind energy in the planning system and a further 5.5 GW in early stages of development.In a...
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...industry representatives and bosses from the skills sector signed an accord at the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) Skills Summit, this week, to encourage a new National Renewable...
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...to commend it," said Gaynor Hartnell, chief policy officer of the REA. "It has been used for wind energy in Wales and parts of Scotland, but has not been a success. Wind energy developers...
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Ecotricity, the independent wind energy company, is to make green gas available to UK consumers for the first time. [summary]The Ecotricity gas will be supplied from a mix of green and...
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...wind turbines.[summary]Q. How do you plan to run your green gas operations alongside your wind energy?A. We have been looking at gas for years, but we were determined to get electricity...
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...technologies will play an increasingly important role, I believe it is the mature technology of wind energy that will provide the most significant contribution toward the achievement of...
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...signing of the declaration signals the countries’ recognition of the important role that offshore wind energy will play in meeting the EU’s 2020 targets. The signatory countries will...
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...and testing facilities.This was welcomed by Maria McCaffery, chief executive of the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), who said: "There are up to 3000MW worth of projects which should...
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...billion) to six CCS projects and €510 million (£461 million) to nine offshore wind energy projects in Europe. As already reported by GreenWise in October, £164 million of...
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The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) is to re-branded RenewableUK. [summary]The name and logo change was overwhelmingly approved by the association’s membership at their annual AGM last...
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...electricity grid – much of which it says is old and in the wrong parts of the country to harness wind energy generated from the windiest regions such as the north of Scotland.Announcing the...
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...new independently generated electricity to its books over the last six month alone, including a wind energy power purchase contract with a 900 kilowatt community turbine on the Orkney...
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...announced this morning, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: “Our policies in support of offshore wind energy have already put us ahead of every other country in the world. This new round of...
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The Scottish Government has approved two onshore wind farms and an extension to an existing one – adding up to a combined capacity of more than 215 megawatts (MW) of additional renewable...
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...continue to lead the way in offshore wind in 2010, according to latest figures from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). [summary]The UK accounted for a total of 882.8 megawatts...
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...an Argyll-based wind turbine manufacturer and part of the international Skykon group, makes wind energy towers and composites for the onshore wind market. It is now on track to start...
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...in Machrihanish, which was formerly owned by Vestas.Both announcements are good news for the UK wind energy manufacturing industry, which looked to be in decline after Vestas, the world’s...
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...are being developed in the UK, wave and tidal energy is currently 10 years behind offshore wind energy in its development.Nevertheless, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, Tom Delay, said...
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...to quite how many jobs the offshore wind industry could deliver between now and 2020. The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) has put it at 45,000, while the Carbon Trust says it could...
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...turbine the UK will benefit through the supply of electricity based on its abundant offshore wind energy resource, and also with economic activity related to turbine manufacturing, offshore...
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...benefits.” Recent reports suggested the REA might merge with rival trade body the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), though that now seems unlikely.The REA will shortly move into...
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...£100 million in the roll out, which will mark the Spanish company’s first move into the UK wind energy sector.WRG already operates a number of energy from waste (EfW) incineration...
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...to 600MW.Oliver Wragg, wave and tidal development manager for RenewableUK (formerly the British Wind energy Association) said: “The leasing round has exceeded all expectations by awarding...
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The Government today pledged almost £5 million to the wind energy sector, including finance for a new radar for a large offshore wind farm and funding for micro-wind turbine test...
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...with the announcement that it will be co-funding up to 2,500 apprenticeships in the emerging wind energy sector. [summary]The Government says it recognises that there is already a great...
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...polls suggest that over 80 per cent of the people in this country support further deployment of wind energy. Politicians need to be told that NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) don’t represent...
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...achieve its climate change commitments through the greater use of the UK's sizable offshore wind energy resources. [summary]
Serco, together with its partner Lockheed Martin, has reached...
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...we need for a low carbon economy," said Clegg.
Jobs will come through investment in wind energy, energy efficiency in public buildings and homes, and bringing empty homes back into use...
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...Change Secretary, meanwhile, said he was "delighted to see the first gigawatt of installed wind energy capacity."
UK offshore wind turbines at risk of developing design fault
Political...
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...Democrat leader Nick Clegg said his party would halt spend on nuclear and instead invest in wind energy and other renewable energy and, for "a fraction of the money" required to subsidise...
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...in Cancun, Mexico, this is a policy area that could come under serious strain in the months ahead.Wind energyAnother area of potential disagreement is over wind energy. While both back...
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...to add 10 gigawatts (GW) of wind power in 2010, it was announced this week by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).[summary]The EWEA said yesterday that it expected another strong...
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...of thousands of people.[summary]That is the conclusion of a new report commissioned by British wind energy trade body, RenewableUK. Launched today and entitled 'UK Offshore Wind: Building...
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...wind capacity in the first half of 2010, according to latest figures.[summary]The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today said European offshore wind capacity had grown at a record...
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...to live up to the vision, mainly because its local council has to date failed to support wind energy developments on the island. Last week, though, plans were unveiled for a £130 million...
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More than 5,000 jobs could be created by the development of planned wind turbine manufacturing sites around port locations in Scotland, the country's First Minister Alex Salmond said on...
