Renewable Energy

 
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/ Renewable Energy

15 Mar 2012

 

Office supplies company in Cheltenham installs 200 solar PV panels on its roof

 
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/ Renewable Energy

05 Mar 2012

 

In January 2012, the UK government’s Department of Transport announced that its green car grant scheme would be extended to include vans, cutting the cost price of ultra low emission electric vans by 20% or up to £8,000

 
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/ Renewable Energy

05 Mar 2012

 

A fleet of hybrid-powered ferries, said to be the first of their kind, are being used to take golfers between islands off Hong Kong

 
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/ Community, Renewable Energy

05 Mar 2012

 

Leading UK civil society organisations have united to promote a dramatic increase in community-owned renewable energy

 
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/ Community, Renewable Energy

05 Mar 2012

 

As a coalition of UK charities calls for an increased focus on community-owned renewables, Martin Wright reflects on the potential of local energy ownership

 

Community-owned hydro power station planned in Stockport

 
 

/ Renewable Energy

17 Jan 2012

 

Share offer launched to finance first community-owned hydro power station in Greater Manchester

 
German Ownership of Renewables 2010 crop
 

/ Renewable Energy

12 Jan 2012

 

Germany, where more than half of the country's renewable energy is now generated by citizens, will host a conference on community power in July 2012

 
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/ Education, Renewable Energy

04 Jan 2012

 

Ten British schools are attempting to ‘crowd fund’ their own solar panel roofs, with support from carbon reduction organisation 10:10

 
Electric car charging network at motorway services
 

/ Renewable Energy

27 Sep 2011

 

A network of charging points at motorway service stations will allow electric vehicles to travel the length and breadth of Britain

 

Britain’s largest solar farm goes live

 
 

/ Innovation, Renewable Energy

27 Sep 2011

 

Britain’s largest solar farm has been connected to the national grid

 

UK leads in offshore wind farms

 
 

/ Renewable Energy

27 Sep 2011

 

The UK has installed more offshore wind farms this year than anywhere else in the world

 
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/ Renewable Energy

27 Sep 2011

 

A Dutch study into the environmental impact of wind energy has found that offshore wind farms do little harm to wildlife and may even benefit some ecosystems

 

US solar industry thriving

 
 

/ Renewable Energy

27 Sep 2011

 

The solar energy industry is thriving in the US, according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and GMT Research. There has been a 66% growth in solar electric capacity so far this year, with almost 3,000 megawatts installed across the US, enough to power 600,000 homes. The industry hopes to install 10 gigawatts by

 
Underwater kite energy system to be trialled in Northern Ireland
 

Economics & Innovation, Environment, Renewable Energy, Technology

21 Jun 2011

 

An underwater kite, which is tethered to the seabed and ‘flies’ through the sea current carrying a turbine, is to be trialled off the coast of Northern Ireland

 
UK’s first community-owned solar power station gets green light
 

/ New Economics, Renewable Energy, Transition News

10 Jun 2011

 

£300,000 raised by community group to put PV solar panels on brewery in Lewes

 

Renewables can power the world

 
 

/ Politics, Renewable Energy

08 Jun 2011

 

Almost 80% of the world‘s energy supply could be met by renewable energy in 2050, if governments implement the right policies, a new report shows.

 
Zero-carbon ‘long barrow’ built in the Cotswolds
 

/ Innovation, Renewable Energy

06 May 2011

 

A stunning new eco-house, inspired by the design of prehistoric long barrow monuments, has been built near Stroud, in the Cotswolds

 
Get Volunteering with Climate Squad
 

Environment, Renewable Energy, Youth

20 Dec 2010

 

Climate Squad, a youth volunteering programme, now has more than 3,000 16-25-year-olds creatively working together to build a sustainable future

 
UK First to Make Green from Green
 

/ Archive, Innovation, Renewable Energy

14 Dec 2010

 

Energy from the wind will soon be used to make devices that capture the power of the sun

 
Turning Fruit Residue into Electricity
 

/ Economics & Innovation, Renewable Energy

14 Dec 2010

 

The UK's largest juice drink producer is turning its waste products into 'cool green power' to refrigerate its ingredients