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UK energy: don't bet the farm on emissions trading
July 15, 2006 by Matthew Cowie in Energy Business Review
July 15, 2006 by Matthew Cowie in Energy Business Review
As outlined in its newly-published energy review, the UK government has announced that its policy instrument of choice to encourage new nuclear build is a strong carbon market in Europe. If the European market is unable to deliver this, then additional UK incentives will be introduced to prop up the value of emission credits.
CAMPAIGNERS have lost their fight to stop a 60m-high mast being erected on moorland above Wardle and Littleborough.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs granted permission for the mast – which will test weather conditions ahead of a proposed windfarm – despite objections from the Wardle and Open Spaces societies.
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The five-year wind-farm development project, with an anticipated total generating capacity of 2,015 MW, will be located at five wind farms in New York, Texas, and South Dakota, the companies said.
A LEGAL bid to overturn the Scottish Executive's decision to grant planning permission for a giant wind farm was rejected yesterday.
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Needless to say not everyone is impressed with the UK’s latest energy review.
Belsize Park's Ethical Man, Justin Rowlatt, is blaming the council for blowing his eco-friendly experiment off course.
As part of BBC2's Newsnight programme Mr Rowlatt has agreed to spend a year living as environmental a lifestyle as possible.
But Camden Council's planning department is making heavy weather of his efforts to install a £1,500 wind turbine on the side of his house in Park Hill Road.
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Tsukuba, the town that prides itself as Japan’s most hallowed scientific research centre, is the site of perhaps the world’s worst electricity wind farm: in the 12 months it has operated, its windmills have consumed 43 times more power than they have generated.
THE TEAM behind the proposed 600MW windfarm for Shetland has welcomed the government's energy review, published on Tuesday.
While leaving the door wide open for the nuclear industry to build new power plants, the 218 page document - www.dti.gov.uk/files/file31890.pdf - also offers lots of opportunities for those involved in the renewable energy sector.
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...calls for electricity companies to achieve higher targets of power bought from renewable sources such as wind - and it comes just as work is about to start on the town's pioneering £6.5 million renewable energy centre at Ness Point.
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A STORM has broken out over proposals to erect wind turbines on a £2.5m new enterprise centre.
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China clay producer Imerys is considering building wind turbine farms on top of its mines in Cornwall to tap into the potentially lucrative market for alternative sources of energy.
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A West Yorkshire council says it plans to become the first in England to install wind turbines on the roof of its buildings in a bid to save money.
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Although many people welcome wind turbines as a source of green energy, applications elsewhere in the county have prompted fierce objections from nearby residents.
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A SITE at Moneylaws Hill, near Mindrum, is the latest to be targeted by wind farm developers — bringing the total number of potential wind farm sites across north Northumberland to eight.
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A Scottish firm behind a massive wave power scheme in Portugal has claimed that Scotland is on the verge of similar developments.
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Nuclear Power in Britain's Energy Future
July 12, 2006 by Beth Gardiner, Associated Press in Guardian
July 12, 2006 by Beth Gardiner, Associated Press in Guardian
Prime Minister Tony Blair says atomic power will allow Britain to go green, arguing the country can make cuts in its emissions of the pollutants blamed for climate change if it moves away from fossil fuels and includes nuclear power plants in energy plans the next 30-40 years.
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Energy Policy]
Blair's Big Idea for Energy is Lightbulbs
July 12, 2006 by Bob Roberts, Political Correspondent in Mirror
July 12, 2006 by Bob Roberts, Political Correspondent in Mirror
TONY Blair ordered a crackdown on lightbulbs yesterday as a key part of his new energy policy.
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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said it will "vigorously maintain its opposition" to energy schemes that threaten rare or high numbers of wild birds.
VILLAGERS fighting a proposed wind farm fear they are the victims of a sinister campaign after posters showing their opposition were torn down.
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UK highlights perils to air traffic surveillance of growing wind turbine 'farms'
July 11, 2006 by David Learmount in Flight
July 11, 2006 by David Learmount in Flight
Air traffic surveillance can be severely degraded unless planners are required to consider aircraft safety
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