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BWEA Offshore Wind: The Final Frontier
26 Jun 2009
BWEA, the UK’s leading renewable energy trade association, is today launching two key reports, UK Offshore Wind: Staying on Track and Offshore Wind: Charting the Right Course, at the Offshore 09 Conference, the UK’s largest dedicated offshore wind energy event, taking place at the QE2 Centre in Westminster.
The reports set out the timetable and potential costs for a massive expansion of the UK’s offshore wind capacity. The offshore energy revolution, which saw the country become world leader in 2008 in terms of installed capacity, could eventually see every home in the UK powered by electricity from offshore wind by 2020.....
Download PDFConstructed Wetlands Association Event
26 May 2009
Wetland Technology and the Water Framework Directive; Achieving Compliance: Problems and Solutions
Event Date: 24th June 2009....
Download PDFSEaB Energy announce wind turbines to power UK homes
20 May 2009
SEaB ENERGY announces the installation of their Windbuster and Muckbuster in the UK and the USA in July.
SEaB Energy is due to install 4 Windbusters and 1 Muckbuster in the UK and 3 Windbusters in the USA in July 2009. The Windbuster will provide the full energy requirements of a family home and can be connected back to the grid. Taking advantage of the newly enhanced ROC’s introduced April 1st, 2009, the payback time for the turbine and digester have been cut in half.....
Download PDFFuturEnergy releases May Newsletter
18 May 2009
Read the latest FuturEnergy newsletter describing the following micro wind power projects:
BBC's Monty Halls' Great Escape - providing the adventurer with power for lighting and fridge....
Download PDFEnergy Harvesting is a Weird Business
07 May 2009
By Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx
There are now an enormous number of universities and research centers developing energy harvesting, meaning the capability to make small electronic devices self sufficient, often for decades. ....
Download PDF2009 Budget: It was good but not good enough
23 Apr 2009
The Renewable Energy Centre yesterday commented that Alistair Darlings 2009 budget took a small step in the right direction towards developing the renewables industry to ensure a firm and stable future for the UK.
With figures amounting to over a billion pounds which would be allocated to reducing carbon emissions and expanding the UK’s renewables portfolio the 2009 budget seemed a positive step forward. Certainly the wind industry, which is expected to contribute to nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions reduction targets, received a significant cash injection to help offshore projects reach the commissioning stage.....
Download PDFWind industry ready to pump 2.5bn pounds direct into UK economy
21 Apr 2009
£10bn ‘shovel-ready’ wind projects could lay foundation for green economy
BWEA, the UK’s leading renewable energy business organisation, today launched their report on the wind, wave and tidal sector’s contribution towards building a low carbon economy: Powering a Green Economy: Wind, wave & tidal’s contribution to Britain’s industrial future. ....
Download PDFBWEA welcomes offshore wind employment
15 Apr 2009
BWEA, the UK’s leading renewable trade association, welcomed today’s report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), urging the Government to act in order for employment to be created in the offshore wind sector.
The report ‘Green Jobs: Prospects for creating jobs from offshore wind in the UK’ states that the sector could provide 70 000 jobs in the UK by 2020, with timely Government assistance on supply chain and financing. Dr Gordon Edge, BWEA Director of Economics and Markets, said: “A host of independent studies has shown that the wind sector in the UK can be a motor for economic growth. Wind can provide clean, sustainable energy, while attracting investment and creating employment. It is a win-win situation, which, with the right policy framework in place, can benefit the country as a whole.” ....
Download PDFUK Carbon Emissons need further reduction by 2020
08 Apr 2009
The Renewable Energy Centre believes UK carbon emissions should be cut by 42% by 2020.
A report issued by the Tyndall Centre of Climate Change this week highlighted that predictions about climate change and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions may have been too optimistic. ....
Download PDFBWEA announces Aviation Fund
01 Apr 2009
BWEA Aviation Fund to free up Wind Energy Projects
Wind to power up a further 2.5 million homes once aviation issues resolved....
Download PDFSuncatchers by Monodraught seen in a New Light
30 Mar 2009
Monodraught Suncatchers create a striking Atrium feature at Nottingham University
Bespoke Monodraught SunCatchers take centre stage at Make Architects’ stunning new Sir Colin Campbell Building for Nottingham University’s Jubilee Campus extension. ....
Download PDFAISSAC proves Solar Power Works
26 Mar 2009
Solar Power in Scotland – it works!
In Scotland we have plentiful sources of free renewable energy which we must develop to ensure we have enough electricity to power us into the future. In addition to the well known sources of wind and water there is another source just as plentiful as either of these. That is the Sun.....
Download PDFBWEA welcomes RSPB Report
24 Mar 2009
RSPB calls on government to increase commitment to onshore wind
BWEA, the UK’s leading renewable energy association, welcomed today RSPB’s “Positive Planning for Onshore Wind” report, which sets out how to significantly expand UK’s onshore wind capacity. Evidence shows that it is possible to develop onshore wind farms, without damage to wildlife. ....
Download PDFEnact Energy provides Comic Relief
20 Mar 2009
£1,000 raised by ‘Doing Something Funny for Money’
Sustainable energy consultancy, Enact Energy, has raised £1,000 for Comic Relief, following a day of fundraising on Friday 13th March involving waxing, the old faithful bath of beans, ‘lingo’ bingo, cake bake-offs and more! ....
Download PDFFuturEnergy backed by Greenpeace
20 Mar 2009
Greenpeace Backs FuturEnergy to Power 'World'
Lighting up the World – clean renewable energy generated by three FuturEnergy micro-wind turbines together with a bank of solar panels, provided all the power to illuminate and run the latest Greenpeace earth-shape Climate Research Station in Poland.....
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