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Archive for December, 2007

£40m up for grabs in offshore wind power

The Carbon Trust and the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) have put up a flare.
They have joined forces to announce plans for an ambitious £40m initiative to cut the costs of offshore wind power and accelerate its deployment around the UK. The announcement comes days after the Government proposed to open up the sea to […]

Developer appointed for zero carbon homes

Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper today announced details of the housebuilder who will build England’s first eco-village.
Barratt Developments PLC has been selected by English Partnerships, the Government’s National Regeneration Agency, as the preferred developer to create a new community at the site of the former Hanham Hall Hospital near Bristol. Homes on the site […]

Wind power investment bonanza

An investment bonanza was triggered this week when John Sutton, the UK energy secretary, announced “plans to build enough turbines to generate nearly half Britain’s current electricity consumption.”
The government plans to open the whole of Britain’s continental shelf to development, apart from areas vital for shipping and fishing. The announcement, made in Berlin tomorrow, […]