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Scottish wind farms to get £7.6 billion to be connected to the UK grid
The UK energy watchdog Ofgem announced that it is on the way to approve a significant investment of £7.6 billion in order to connect new Scottish wind farms and other renewable energy power sources to the UK grid.
read more... 26/01/2012
DOE to launch online support for small wind power
The new instruments announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) have been recently developed to support small wind power in order to facilitate solving policy issues as to boost the development of renewable energy. The new tools provided by DOE offer particular information for specific locations on the current potential of wind, thus providing support to clients to pick out the most adequate location for wind energy system of different sizes and types.
read more... 25/01/2012
England to boost marine power
The South-West of England is likely to be named as UK’s first marine energy park. It will extend from Bristol to Cornwall and as far as the Isles of Scilly. The announcement will create a partnership in the region among national and local government, Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter and Industry, but also Cornwall’s Wave Hub.
read more... 24/01/2012
GE- sees better profits in 2012
The US industrial giant GE, announced that lower prices for wind turbines dragged on company’s profits in 2011. According to GE chief financial officer, Keith Sherin, the company expects to ship over 3000 wind turbines in 2012, comparing to 1956 in 2011.
read more... 23/01/2012
UK: Significant milestone for the wind industry
The trade association RenewableUK has announced that UK’s wind sector has reached a landmark of 6 GW of installed capacity, being enough to supply electricity to 3,354,893 households.
read more... 19/01/2012