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UrbanWind seals £30 investment deal

Paul McCullagh, chief executive of UrbanWind UrbanWind has completed a £30m funding deal to kick-start onshore wind projects across the UK.

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Wind sector blasts Conservative manifesto

The Conservative party’s election pledge to halt the development on new onshore wind farms has been branded ‘idiotic’ and ‘illogical’ by members of the ...

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No large scale solar for 2015/16

The Contracts for Difference (CfD) register has been released by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), confirming that neither of the two solar ...

Opinion

Q&A – Paul McCullagh, UrbanWind

Paul McCullagh, chief executive of UrbanWind REI: What have you got planned for 2015? PM: 2015 is set to be a watershed year for us, with an ...

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Record-breaking January for wind energy

New official figures from National Grid for January show that wind energy broke new records for weekly, monthly and half-hourly generation.

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Industry reacts to Autumn Statement

Industry leaders have criticised George Osborne for failing to put renewable energy on the agenda in his Autumn Statement.

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Banks celebrate success with star pupils

Book-loving primary school pupils in Hawick celebrated their Achievement Award Assembly in style – with a little help from Banks Renewables. Over 30 children at Trinity Primary ...

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Wind industry creates thousands of UK jobs

The number of people working in the medium and large-scale sectors of the British onshore wind industry, and offshore wind, has risen by 8 percent in ...

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Vergnet hosts first open day

L-R Vergnet’s Diana Popa with Bertie Sainsbury-Plaice and farmer Ian Sharman Vergnet has hosted its first ever open day in the UK on a ...

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Industry slams CfD regime

The STA and REA have spoken out against the government’s finalised budgets for Contracts for Difference (CfD).

Opinion

The generation game

Steve Pester, BRE, lifts the lid on the NSC’s latest exciting research collaboration with the UK MET Office