Renewable Energy - News

21/01/2012 - Low gas prices are the biggest threat to renewables

It might be good news for consumers, but not necessarily for renewable energy. Click here for more info..

01/01/2012 - Carrying power into the future

A competition to unearth a 21st-century alternative to traditional designs of pylon has unveiled its winner. See page 06 of the National Grid publication Gridline. Click here for more info..

28/12/2011 - Wood prices pushed 'out of reach' by energy firms

Wood stockpiles are at a rocord low because energy companies are buying up domestic supplies to burn in power stations. Click here for more info..

13/12/2011 - RenewableUK welcomes YouGov poll on support for windpower

RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave and tidal industry, has welcomed the most recent in a string of polls that have demonstrated public support for the expansion of wind power. Click here for more info..

19/11/2011 - Biomass plant to begin construction this month

E.ON has unveiled further details of its new £120m biomass-fired plant at Blackburn Meadows near Sheffield, which will begin construction at the end of November. Click here for more info..

14/11/2011 - Electricity prices predicted to soar by 2021

Wholesale electricity prices will rise by at least 40 per cent over the next ten years, according to a survey of leading industry figures.

More than 90% of those questioned in the survey to mark the 10th anniversary of SmartestEnergy said they believed prices in 2021 will be higher in real terms than in 2011. Fewer than one in ten respondents said they expected wholesale prices to be the same or lower.
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04/11/2011 - Higher energy cost fuels demand for woodlands

The high cost of energy and the growing demand for renewable sources is fuelling demand for woodlands across the UK.

Stephen Locke, Forestry and Woodland specialist with Berrys at Shrewsbury, says there has been a surge of interest in woodlands over the past 18 months and there’s no time like the present to bring woodlands to the market.
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11/10/2011 - UK - One of Europe’s most suitable sites for wind power developments

Today it has a total installed wind tubines capacity of 5,204 MW (2010 figures) which accounts for 6% of the EU’s total wind farm capacity - the sector is beginning to catch up with its European cousins. Click here for more info..

07/10/2011 - RENEWABLES: A MAJOR PART OF THE ENERGY MIX

Some say it's eye-catching, others say that it's eyewatering. Either way, the Scottish Government's target of generating the equivalent of 100 per cent of our annual electricity demand from renewables by 2020 has released a tidal surge of international interest, joint ventures and planning proposals.  Click here for more info..

06/10/2011 - 'Giant' wind farm bid clears hurdle

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a giant wind farm at the head of the upper Rhondda have moved a step closer to completion after councillors raised no objections.

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