Scotland eases path for wind developers
SCOTLAND has launched guidance designed to make planning applications for wind energy developments run more smoothly for developers, planning authorities and affected communities.
The guidance...
Biffa triumphs in energy appeal bid
BIFFA has won its appeal against refusal of planning permission for an energy recovery facility in Leicestershire.
Jeff Rhodes, the company’s planning and permitting manager,...
Planning bid goes in for CHP plant
A planning application has been submitted for a combined heat and power plant in Northamptonshire to provide energy for homes and businesses.
Origin Renewable Energy...
Power play as biomass plan gets approval
A £250m renewable energy power station in the north east of England has moved closer to reality with The Planning Inspectorate’s confirmation of formal...
Salmond to speak at energy show
SCOTLAND’S first minister Alex Salmond has been added to the line-up for All-Energy 2012, the renewable energy exhibition and conference in Aberdeen.
He will join...
MBT plant progresses on the web
Construction progress on a waste treatment plant can be tracked on a new website.
The Northacre Resource Recovery Centre is the home of Wiltshire’s first...
New turbine will power entire plant
A company’s drive to reduce the carbon footprint of its manufacturing processes has moved ahead with the installation of a wind turbine with the...
Sun for Sainsbury’s
MORE than 100 Sainsbury’s stores across the South of England have been fitted with roof-mounted solar panels.
The installation was carried out by Renewable Resources...
Turbine’s towering success
AN engineering firm has unveiled its new wind turbine tower, a 20-metre structure manufactured for US business Bergey Windpower.
Two towers have been installed on...
The new wave of interest
THE UK Government has launched its £20m scheme that will support two pre-commercial projects to demonstrate the operation of wave and/or tidal devices in...
Into the deep blue
A blueprint to accelerate the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore renewables developments has been published by the Scottish Government.
It has been prepared by...
Barker takes a walk in the park
THE South West of England has been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park in a move that will put the region on...
Support for the solar installers
A fast-growing renewables company has forged a partnership with a Merseyside further education college.
Eco Environments, which has its head office in Liverpool, has launched...
Workers are on the move
THE number of people employed in the EU’s renewable energy sector has passed one million for the first time.
New statistics from the European Commission...
Call to open up energy options
A think tank has called on the Government to instigate a radical rehaul of the ‘closed shop’ energy market by unleashing the community energy...
