Wind 5

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Industry slams CfD funding decision

The CfD scheme is set to replace the Renewables Obligation as the chief support mechanism for large-scale renewable energy projects and will involve a bidding ...

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NI energy ministers throws weight behind microwind

Small scale wind energy company Simple Power has welcomed the announcement from Northern Ireland’s Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster proposing that the ...

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UrbanWind chief condemns government fracking plans

Paul McCullagh, chief executive of UrbanWind Paul McCullagh, ceo of Glasgow-based UrbanWind, has accused the government of being driven by ‘desperation’ and ‘beset by panic’, ...

Opinion

Two minutes with 4Eco

Who are you? Jodi Huggett, business development director at 4Eco

Product

NSC gathers pace

The National Solar Centre continues to ramp up its activities and outputs, reports Steve Pester, BRE

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Vergnet launches UK O&M service

French wind turbine manufacturer Vergnet has announced the opening of a dedicated UK Operations and Maintenance (O&M) service for the UK market.

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Ecotricity saves Evance from administration

Evance’s R9000 turbine model Green electricity provider Ecotricity has bought small wind turbine manufacturer Evance out of administration.

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DECC proposes solar RO scrapping

DECC has proposed closing the Renewables Obligation (RO) to 5MW+ solar farm applications from April 2015.

Opinion

Q&A – Kevin Arthur, Oxford PV

What have you got planned for the rest of 2014? We’ll be pushing ahead towards a power conversion efficiency of 20 percent and working on achieving ...

News

Tories pledge to end onshore wind subsidy

RenewableUK has spoken out against the Conservative Party’s plans to scrap subsidy for onshore wind, should they win the 2015 general election.

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Industry slams budget for costing the earth

Leading figures in the renewables sector have hit back at the chancellor’s budget announcement for failing to put the environment before short term economics.

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2013 – a bumper year for wind power

Provisional statistics released today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that the amount of electricity produced by wind grew 38 percent from 2012 ...